Salary: £55000 – £60000/annum DOE, car and excellent benefits
Permanent – Full Time
Construction
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
date posted: 2026-04-28 17:01:03
Position: Planner
Location: Rickmansworth with hybrid working available
Salary: £55-60k (Neg DOE), car/allowance and excellent benefits package
Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.
The Role: Report directly to the Planning Manager, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. Working with Senior Planners you will be offered coaching and guidance for your ongoing development into a planning expert and help drive outperformance amongst the team.
Responsibilities: Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the full project lifecycle.
Ensure project plans capture the full project scope, and resources are considered and loaded as required.
Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan and monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes.
Review and challenge supply chain programmes and ensure these are monitored and incorporated with the main project plan.
Develop programmes in line with planning procedures including but not limited to;
Implementation of all required project and activity codes
Baseline management
Production of programme narrative for submission to client
Schedule quality and integrity checks completed periodically.
Experience: Experience of working on relevant projects within the Water Industry (desirable)
Primavera P6 experience
Understand collaborative planning processes, you’ll have the ability to:
Interrogate drawings to implement efficient planning service to the business.
Support detailed claims programme development and implement any contractual changes to the programme.
Good ability to communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences.
Working in a pressurised situations to tight deadlines will be crucial.
Adaptable as required to meet project objectives.
Curious and supportive to both learn from and support other members of the teams to enhance the reputation of the planning team amongst the business.
Desired but not mandatory is a technical degree in a relevant field
Package includes: A competitive salary, car/car allowance (level dependent)
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
Contribution Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Health Insurance
Private Medical Insurance and many more benefits including – cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub, kids pass etc.
Key Words:
Planning Engineer
Planner
Project Planner
Senior Planner
Senior Planning Engineer
Senior Project Planner
Construction
Project Programmes
P6 Programmes
Project Delivery
Project Plans
Water Industry
Water Sector
Water Treatment
Clean Water
Sewage
Wastewater
Waste Water
Utilities
Highways
Power
Energy
Nuclear
Energy from Waste
Rail
Infrastructure
Primavera
P6
Southern Water
Thames Water
Affinity Water
Veolia
AMP 7
AMP 8
NEC
