Job Description

Kier Group are looking for a Senior Planner to join our Strategic Projects business unit on a major scheme in the Defence sector at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire.

Location

: Cranwell, Sleaford

Contract

: Permanent, Full Time, flexible working available

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Senior Planner, you will be working within the Construction Delivery and Pre Construction Teams to offer planning expertise at both tender and delivery stages of a major project. The Senior Planner will retain an overall monitoring capacity for the project to ensure construction plans are created, updated, and amended in line with project needs.



Your day to day will include:


Producing tender programmes Attending regular site visits to assist the team with planning issues and drive the programme Collating progress information and understanding any areas of concern throughout the project life cycle Creating workable construction programmes, monitoring and updating regularly Advising and providing planning expertise across the project

Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior Planner is great for you if:


You are an experienced user of Asta and Microsoft Project software You have planning experience within the main contracting sector You have strong knowledge of NEC contract conditions and how this affects planning




We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferrable skills are always welcome! So, even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat.

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.



As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.





Due to the nature of this role and the nature of the work at this site, you will be required to complete a Government Security Check (SC) Clearance, which takes place before your employment, and is conducted by the Cabinet Office's United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) agency who set out a pre-requisite criteria including residency history. (Applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us - to read more about our programme to support people with convictions into employment, visit jobs.kier.co.uk/prison-programme/). This role will also be subject to further pre-employment checks.





We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier #LI-AS2