Job Description

About the role
Our Balfour Beatty Highways business has a terrific opportunity for a Senior Planner for our Highways DBFO Joint Venture.
Balfour Beatty Highways maintain, manage and operate major highway networks across the UK and support local authorities creating communities where people want to live work and play.
We provide high quality asset strategy, management and planning consultancy services to a wide range of public and private sector customers. We provide specialist, reliable, sustainable and creative advice for asset management planning and implementation in the UK. We put our customers first and prioritise completing schemes safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Planner, you will be responsible at tender stage to the Planning Lead or Bid Manager for the range of activities involved in the project planning life cycle, which includes:

• Identifying planning scope, major constraints and contract requirements

• Identifying major quantities and factors affecting the programme

• Establishing and agreeing with Operations construction outputs and agree working hours with appropriate Estimator

• Establishing and agreeing with Operations and Bid Team key methods of construction, sequencing, installation and commissioning

• Producing and documenting the planning deliverables including programmes, planning philosophy, presentations and reports

• Producing the Tender Programme and supporting information in accordance with the tender requirements

• Developing overall programmes, issuing to all parties for review and implementing recommendations, innovation and best practice as applicable

• Interfacing with third parties to identify and resolve issues

Who we're looking for

• An understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.

• A good understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications

• An understanding of various methods of planning, programming and progress monitoring.

• An understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements. Articulate communicator with the capability to engage and motivate at all levels of the business

• Relevant CSCS Card

Still interested? then come and become colleagues with 26,000 staff and join a business which recorded 8.6bn in revenues last year, achieved industry leading customer satisfaction scores and has unrivalled employee engagement statistics.
An excellent range of benefits awaits the successful candidate: -

• An attractive / negotiated salary

• 42 core base hours per week

• Company car

• Hybrid working available

• 25 days annual leave

• Pension savings schemes

• A whole host of other BB staff employee bens (discounts, exclusive offers etc)

• Refer a friend bonus scheme

• Scores of other Balfour Beatty opportunities available as well via our

portal.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UKs 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 wasnt rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You'll have the freedom to shape the package thats right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- 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
Balfour Beatty's Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.
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
We are 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:
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