Job Description

General information

City/town:

London

Job field:

Construction

External closing date:

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Type of contract:

Permanent

ID:

5736

Description and requirements

Skanska, one of the world's leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.


We are looking for a

Senior Planner

to join our Building team in London. The successful candidate will lead the project planning function through all stages of the project lifecycle, from bid stage through to handover and occupation on design and build projects.

What you'll do:

To construct and manage the production and implementation of the fully integrated master programme, phase sequence plans and method statements together with the monitoring and reporting against such control documents. Construct programmes from 1st principles using drawings, models or processes. Produces supporting methodologies. Tests different methodologies / ways of working. Identify and set up constraints within a programme. Own customer engagement on programmes: respond to comments, pre empt issues, and communicate proactively. Communicate drivers, key risks, float and trends to project leadership; tailor messaging from 1:1s to wider team briefings. Produce concise programme narratives/reports and coordinate inputs across the project team. Simplify/manipulate master programmes with coding/filters; translate complex Gantt charts into accessible formats.

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, NEC etc Excellent working knowledge of Planning Software (Asta Powerproject and/or Primavera) HNC/Degree qualification in a construction related subject or trade qualifications Experienced in preparing visual management reports using PowerBi (or similar) as the reporting platform. Member of professional institution, such as CIOB or ICE

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

or call 0330 105 2000 - Option 5 & 1, 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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