Senior Planner - London

Location London
Discipline: Infrastructure and Civils
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £70000 per annum
Contact name: Will Wiseman

Contact email: wwiseman@monroe-international.com
Job ref: BH-2214
Published: 28 days ago
Startdate: 2026-04-14
The role
Monroe are currently looking for a senior project planner role based out of our cleint's London infrastructure team. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of project planning service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our client, capturing, and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred consultant and service provider. The successful candidate will be a key contributor in the project management team assisting in the successful implementation and delivery of large and complex projects.
 
Your core duties will involve:
    • Lead, coach, and inspire a team to shape the next generation of planners
    • Look at construction projects from every angle to decide the safest and best possible way to deliver them
    • Win everyone’s confidence and get them on board to follow your plan – including supply chains and subcontractors
    • Manage programmes of work to make sure we do what we say we’ll do in the right way at the right time to the right cost
    • Have a strong handle on every project by reporting on productivity, mapping predicted progress and getting out on site to ensure our progress data’s accurate
    • Make informed decisions on how best to proceed if any changes are needed
    • Be part of a powerful planning community who lean on and learn from each other
    • Collaborate across the teams to define plans, update on progress and increase the impact that planning can make on safety and quality
    • Get the chance to mentor our Planners and reverse mentor our leaders.
What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:
    • Have significant experience of planning services – ideally within construction
    • Know how to use planning techniques and planning toolsets
    • Understand tender documents, contracts, and specifications
    • Understand various methods of planning, programming, and progress monitoring
    • Want to work with people – we’re about teamwork, not siloes
    • Develop relationships, trust, and confidence to get every team to do what’s needed
    • Be unflappable as situations change, plans evolve and decisions need making.
 Qualifications and Experience
    • Educated to Degree/Post Grad level or equivalent in construction or business-related field.
    • Experience (typically associated with five years’ experience) as a planner on projects with a value typically more than £20m.
    • Significant experience with Primavera software (P6) and MS Excel.
    • Experience in planning infrastructure projects in a live operational environment desirable.
    • Experience in performing quantity take-offs, statistical analysis, and computer operations.
    • Understanding of engineering, procurement, contracts, construction and start up work processes.
    • Understanding of mathematical and financial reports.
    • Understanding of NEC types of contracts.