Senior Planning Engineer
15 days ago
Newcastle upon Tyne
Title: Senior Planner or Planner (M&E)\nLocation: Newcastle (Hybrid - 2 days remote)\nSalary: £50-85,000 + car allowance + package\n\nAn exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Planner, or an ambitious Planner ready to step up, to join a busy and growing contractor with a strong pipeline of projects across the North East. This is a fantastic chance to become part of a high-performing team delivering a diverse portfolio of projects across multiple build sectors, including hospitals, prisons, commercial offices, schools and other major developments.\n\nWorking across both tender and contract stages, you will play a key role in developing and managing construction programmes, supporting project teams from early bid strategy through to successful delivery on site. With exposure to a wide range of technically challenging schemes, this role offers excellent variety, career development and the opportunity to make a real impact across a substantial regional workload.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDevelop and manage construction programmes across tender and live project stages\nSupport bid teams with programme strategy, sequencing and methodology\nWork closely with project, commercial and delivery teams to ensure programme alignment\nMonitor progress, identify risks and support mitigation strategies\nProvide planning expertise across a broad range of M&E-intensive projects\nSupport successful project delivery through robust programme managementRequirements\n\nStrong UK construction industry experience\nProven M&E planning experience across building projects\nProficiency in Asta Powerproject or Primavera P6\nStrong understanding of construction processes, sequencing and project delivery\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills\nAmbition to develop and progress within a growing businessThe Opportunity\n\nJoin a contractor with a strong and secure pipeline of North East projects\nWork across a wide variety of sectors including healthcare, justice, commercial and education\nExcellent exposure to both pre-construction and delivery planning\nGenuine long-term career progression for both experienced Senior Planners and ambitious Planners ready for the next stepOffer\n\nStarting salary £50-85,000 + package\nAnnual car allowance of £6,000 or choice of company car\nPension, Healthcare, Life Assurance, Private Medical\n28 days annual leave plus bank holidays\nFlexible benefits scheme and other great benefits.If you are looking for a new career challenge in planning and you are interested in the above opportunity then please apply by sending your CV or call Matt Lilburn on (phone number removed) quoting refence 73661.\n\nServices advertised by Gold Group are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business.\nWe will contact you within the next 14 days if you are selected for interview. For a copy of our privacy policy please visit our website