Planning Engineer

Required Experience • Minimum eight years of relevant construction planning experience, including site-based coordination of multiple subcontractors on industrial or mechanical installation projects. • Proven ability to…

Pay rate £50 – £60/hour
Job type Temporary
Posted 22 October 2026

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Required Experience

• Minimum eight years of relevant construction planning experience, including site-based coordination of multiple subcontractors on industrial or mechanical installation projects.

• Proven ability to combine integrated scheduling with field sequencing, resource planning, lookaheads, constraints, critical path analysis and recovery planning.

• Experience preparing contractor Applications for Payment, physical progress valuations, weighted measurement/rules of credit and supporting records.

• Experience consolidating subcontractor progress, manpower and productivity data into contractual reports, S-curves and forecasts; ability to interpret drawings and verify work in the field.

• Strong organisation, follow-up and English communication skills; ability to coordinate effectively with subcontractor supervisors, HSE, Quality and EPCM representatives.

Nice to Have Add Ons

• Advanced Work Packaging (AWP), CWP/IWP development, Workface Planning or O3 experience.

Site Requirements

• CSCS Card (Required) - Gold or academically qualified card accepted.

• Drug & Alcohol Screening (Required).

Software Knowledge Requirements

• Microsoft Project / Primavera P6 — required: Advanced construction scheduling, baselines, resources, critical path analysis and forecasting. Microsoft Project is current scheduling tool.

• Microsoft Excel — required: Strong skills in quantity reconciliation, weighted progress calculations, AfP valuations, payment/cash flow forecasts and reporting charts.

• O3 — required for daily work: Previous O3 experience is desirable but not mandatory. Ability to complete EPCM-provided training and manage IWPs, constraints, lookaheads and progress.

• Microsoft Word — required: Working proficiency for procedures and reports. Aconex, digital model viewers and Power BI experience are advantages

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