Senior Planner

We are partnering with a highly respected Building Services contractor to recruit an experienced Senior Planner to join their growing team in Bristol.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in the successful delivery of complex MEP projects, working within a collaborative and forward-thinking environment that offers genuine opportunities for career progression and professional development.

The Role

As a Senior Planner, you will be responsible for developing, monitoring, and maintaining detailed project programmes across a range of complex Building Services projects. You will ensure project schedules are realistic, efficient, and aligned with contractual requirements, client expectations, and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Development

• Develop and maintain detailed project programmes using Asta Powerproject.
• Produce contract baseline programmes that align with project scope, commercial objectives, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Establish clear project milestones and critical paths to support successful project delivery.

Planning & Coordination

• Lead integrated planning workshops with project teams, clients, subcontractors, and key stakeholders.
• Coordinate design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover activities within a fully integrated programme.
• Support project teams with planning expertise throughout the project lifecycle.

Progress Monitoring & Reporting

• Monitor project progress against baseline programmes.
• Utilise planning tools and techniques including Critical Path Analysis, Earned Value Analysis, and Resource Histograms.
• Prepare and distribute regular progress reports, S-curves, resource forecasts, and productivity metrics.

Change Management

• Update programmes to reflect project variations, delays, and changes in scope.
• Assess programme impacts and communicate findings to operational and commercial teams.
• Undertake time-risk analysis and scenario planning to identify potential project risks and mitigation strategies.

Tender & Pre-Construction Support

• Contribute to tender planning activities and programme development for bid submissions.
• Provide planning input during pre-construction and project mobilisation phases.

Compliance & Best Practice

• Ensure compliance with company planning procedures, project controls processes, and contractual obligations.
• Promote best practice planning standards across all project activities.

Requirements

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a Senior Planner role within Building Services, MEP, or construction environments.
• Strong understanding of MEP systems, installation sequences, and building services delivery.
• Proficient in Asta Powerproject and other planning software.
• Sound knowledge of construction methodologies, resource planning, project controls, and cost management principles.
• Excellent analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.

Package & Benefits

• Competitive salary, negotiable depending on experience.
• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days with length of service, plus bank holidays.
• Company car or car allowance.
• Private healthcare scheme and life assurance.
• Pension scheme with a 5.5% employer contribution.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay: 13 weeks full pay followed by 26 weeks at SMP.
• Enhanced paternity pay: 2 weeks full pay, available consecutively or flexibly.
• Employee-owned business.
• Flexible holiday scheme.
• Excellent working environment with ongoing opportunities for career progression, technical development, and personal growth.