Project Planner (Construction / Interior Fit-Out)
Reading
Staff - SC eligibility essential
Join a High-Performing Team Delivering Complex, High-Profile Projects
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Planner to join a well-established and growing construction business delivering high-profile projects across the UK. This role is ideal for a planning professional with strong construction sector expertise and internal fit-out knowledge who is looking to play a key role in both tender and live project environments.
This organisation offers a collaborative, supportive culture where employee well-being, professional development, and long-term career progression are genuinely prioritised.
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to work on prestigious, technically challenging projects
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Strong commitment to work-life balance and employee well-being
- Ongoing professional development and clear career progression
- Inclusive culture that values innovation, creativity, and individual contribution
The Role
As Project Planner, you will provide full planning management support across tendering and project delivery phases, ensuring programmes are effectively developed, maintained, and communicated in line with contractual requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide planning support across pre-construction, tender, and live project delivery stages
- Develop, manage, and update project programmes in line with NEC contract requirements
- Produce and communicate key programme outputs including Critical Path Analysis, lookaheads, and subcontractor integration
- Manage change events within construction programmes and support commercial teams with contractual entitlement
- Collaborate with internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure project delivery within agreed timeframes and budgets
- Monitor project performance against baseline programmes, including forecasting and progress reporting
- Deliver robust reporting for internal stakeholders, including detailed period-by-period updates
- Support corrective actions and recovery planning where required
- Contribute to opportunity and risk management processes, ensuring programme resilience
Candidate Requirements
- Minimum 5 years’ project planning experience within the construction sector
- At least 2 years’ experience within internal fit-out works
- Strong working knowledge of Oracle Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project
- Degree or HNC in Construction, Engineering, or related discipline
- Advanced understanding of planning methodologies including Critical Path Analysis and resource-loaded programmes
- Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques
- Strong NEC contract knowledge, including compensation events
- Working knowledge of CEMAR
- Excellent time management and ability to work independently to strict deadlines
Security & Eligibility
Due to the nature of projects, candidates must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC). Applicants must be British Citizens and typically have resided in the UK continuously for the past 10 years.
Apply Now
If you are a driven Project Planner seeking your next challenge within a forward-thinking construction environment, we’d like to hear from you.
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