About the role
Balfour Beatty is looking for an experienced Senior Planner to join our Regional Civils team in Portsmouth. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the successful planning and delivery of complex civil engineering and infrastructure projects across the region.
As Senior Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and monitoring detailed project programmes across multiple civils projects. You will provide planning leadership to the delivery team, ensuring programmes are robust, achievable, and aligned with project objectives.
Working closely with project teams, you will lead the development and management of project programmes, providing strategic planning expertise to support safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Planner you will:
Develop and maintain detailed construction programmes from tender through to project completion.
Lead planning activities across civil engineering and infrastructure projects.
Monitor progress against programme and identify risks, delays, and opportunities.
Produce progress reports, programme updates, and scenario planning for project teams and senior stakeholders.
Work collaboratively with project managers, engineers, and commercial teams to optimise delivery.
Support tender planning and programme development for future opportunities.
Ensure programmes reflect construction methodology, resource requirements, and project constraints.
Who we're looking for
You will have the following:
Strong knowledge of construction sequencing, methodologies, and programme management.
Proficiency in planning software such as Primavera P6 or similar.
Experience managing complex project programmes and analysing progress performance.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Relevant degree or equivalent qualification in construction, Civil engineering, or project management.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
With a strong track record of delivery, our civils teams connect communities through infrastructure projects in the highways, public realm, rail, flood and coastal defence, and industrial sectors across England and Wales.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK18013
