Job Description

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General information

City/town:

London

Job field:

Construction

External closing date:

Monday, June 16, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5190
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Description and requirements

We are looking for a Senior Planner to join our Building team based on a major commercial project in London. The purpose of this role is to manage the production of fully integrated programmes, phase sequence plans and method statements from bid stage through pre-construction, construction to final commissioning, handover and occupation together with the monitoring and reporting against such control documents, all in line with bid and project requirements including MEP service installations and commissioning.



Established in the UK in 2000, Skanska has more than 3,300 local experts delivering projects across sectors including real estate, defence, education, highways, rail and water. Our Building team have created inspiring places to work including Norton Folgate in London and Unity Place in Swindon. Together with our customers and the collective expertise of our 30,000 teammates, we create innovative and sustainable solutions that support healthy living beyond our lifetime.

What you'll do:

Manage the overall planning process, maintaining a proactive and professional service to the planning, bid and project teams working to the guidelines of the planning and programming strategic plan. Manage the project planning / programming strategic plan and support the delivery team in collaborative planning activities, such as medium-short term plans and last planner activities. Assist the management team in preparation of method statements and logistics plans to meet the needs of the project. Manage the delivery and maintenance of all associated programmes as required by the bid and project planning and programming strategic plan - Including as a minimum, the Master Integrated Programme and short-medium term planning programmes, including Design, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning and Handover Programmes Manage the monitoring of progress and production of all internal and external progress reports for completion and delivery to the project leadership teams, client and other parties in a timely and professional manner.

What you'll bring to the role:

Demonstratable experience of delivering the planning function on major construction projects - specifically commercial office, data centres, or other complex buildings - working through bid, PCSA and delivery stages. Demonstrable experience of different forms of contract including JCT, MPTC etc Excellent working knowledge of Planning Software (Asta Powerproject and/or Primavera) HNC/Degree qualification in a construction related subject or trade qualifications.

Equal opportunities

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic - we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.

More information about the role

Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:

recruitment@skanska.co.uk

Closing date

The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.

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