Your new company

Operating both in the UK and across the world, they are a leading contractor delivering projects across multiple sectors including; real estate, defence, education, highways, rail and water.

Your new role

Working as part of a major highways improvement scheme in the Norwich area, they require a Senior Planning Engineer. You will play a key role in developing and maintaining robust project programmes that enable successful project delivery.
In partnership with the client, this project will enhance journey reliability, reduce congestion, and improve connections through the delivery of significant junction improvements, including new free-flowing slip roads.
As Senior Planning Engineer you will develop, maintain, and manage project programmes, ensuring that project teams and clients have a clear, accurate, and trusted view of project progress and performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and update the main contract programme, ensuring it meets project, business, and client requirements.

• Monitor and measure actual progress against short and long-term plans, using production control and performance monitoring tools to provide meaningful insights into project delivery.

• Produce high-quality reports, dashboards, and programme updates that support effective decision-making by project leadership teams.

• Drive focus on key project milestones by communicating critical activities, dependencies, and programme risks to the wider project team.

• Lead medium-term planning sessions with delivery teams to ensure alignment with the contract programme and project objectives.

• Review and challenge short-term programmes developed by the project team, ensuring they are realistic, achievable, and fully integrated with the overall project schedule.

• Identify programme risks and opportunities, supporting proactive mitigation and recovery planning where required.

What you'll need to succeed

• Experience within the civil engineering or infrastructure sector, ideally on major highways projects or frameworks.

• A proven background in planning, programming, and progress monitoring on complex construction projects.

• Experience working with a principal contractor or major infrastructure organisation.

• Strong understanding of construction methodologies, engineering principles, and industry best practice.

• Knowledge of construction contracts, specifications, and project controls processes.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence project teams and senior leaders.

• Proficiency in planning software and reporting tools, with the ability to analyse programme performance and present clear recommendations.

What you need to do now

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