Laing O'Rourke
Senior Project Planner
Senior Project Planner at Laing O'Rourke, based in Tilbury, East of England. This is a contract role.
- Pay
- Not given by the employer
- Hours and contract
- Contract · On site
- Location
- Tilbury, East of England
- Closing date
- Sector
- Cleaner
Reference bd8339deca8efa3304bfb7143814f1b1be29dd5c
About the role
Senior Project Planner
Location: Birmingham/Bury St Edmunds
About the Project
Join us on the Norwich to Tilbury Enabling Works & EACN package, a key part of National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade, one of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure programmes.
The Great Grid Upgrade will help strengthen and modernise the UK's electricity network, supporting the connection of renewable energy sources and enabling a cleaner, more secure energy future. As a Senior Project Planner, you'll play a pivotal role in helping to deliver this critical infrastructure, working alongside experienced project teams to drive programme performance and successful project outcomes on a project of national importance
Role Purpose
The Senior Project Planner is accountable for developing, managing, and monitoring project programmes to ensure successful delivery. This position provides strategic and commercial insight into programme performance and facilitates the project team in achieving critical milestones.
Key Responsibilities
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email [email removed]
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Location: Birmingham/Bury St Edmunds
About the Project
Join us on the Norwich to Tilbury Enabling Works & EACN package, a key part of National Grid's Great Grid Upgrade, one of the UK's most significant energy infrastructure programmes.
The Great Grid Upgrade will help strengthen and modernise the UK's electricity network, supporting the connection of renewable energy sources and enabling a cleaner, more secure energy future. As a Senior Project Planner, you'll play a pivotal role in helping to deliver this critical infrastructure, working alongside experienced project teams to drive programme performance and successful project outcomes on a project of national importance
Role Purpose
The Senior Project Planner is accountable for developing, managing, and monitoring project programmes to ensure successful delivery. This position provides strategic and commercial insight into programme performance and facilitates the project team in achieving critical milestones.
Key Responsibilities
- Direct planning, scheduling, and coordination activities throughout the project lifecycle.
- Develop and maintain contract and construction programmes.
- Ensure all programmes align with project requirements and business plans.
- Analyse progress, identify risks, and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with internal teams, clients, and supply chain partners to ensure effective delivery.
- Provide strategic planning input across tender, design, procurement, and construction phases.
- Monitor performance, report on progress, and escalate key issues.
- Foster team development and promote best practice in planning processes.
- Extensive expertise in project planning and programme controls.
- Experience in pre-contract planning, tendering, and construction sequencing.
- Ability to assess risks, opportunities, and commercial impacts.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate programme strategy effectively.
- Advanced proficiency in project management systems and planning tools.
- Experience working on major infrastructure, energy, utilities, rail, or complex construction projects is highly desirable.
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality - this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email [email removed]
#LI-GB1
Reference: bd8339deca8efa3304bfb7143814f1b1be29dd5c · Posted 1 week ago · Closes 16 Nov 2026 · Listed via Laing O'Rourke
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