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Senior Planner

Job Posted: 9 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Plymouth

Expire in: 18 days

Job Description

Planner

Devonport Dockyard Upgrade – Plymouth

Salary: £50,000 – £70,000 + package

British Nationals only

Carmichael UK is recruiting an experienced Planner to support a major upgrade programme at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth. This is a high‑profile, long‑term infrastructure project requiring strong planning capability across both tender and delivery stages.

Due to the secure nature of the site, British nationality is essential.

The Role

Reporting to the Planning Manager and Project Lead, you will be responsible for delivering robust, compliant programmes in line with project planning standards and wider business management systems. You will work closely with the project team, client stakeholders, and supply chain to ensure planning outputs support successful delivery.

The role covers both tender and contract stages and may include mentoring or supervising junior planners as required.

Key Responsibilities

Tender Stage

Develop tender programmes in line with planning standards and procedures
	
Identify planning scope, constraints, risks, and contractual requirements
	
Define construction methodology, sequencing, and commissioning strategy
	
Establish calendars, working hours, and construction outputs with operational and estimating teams
	
Produce tender planning deliverables including programmes, reports, presentations, and planning narratives
	
Support value engineering exercises and identify programme risks and opportunities
	
Generate time risk allowances and delivery strategies
	
Interface with estimators to reconcile labour, plant, and material resources
	
Apply resource levelling techniques as required
	
Present planning inputs at tender handover meetings

Contract Stage

Produce, manage, and maintain the Contract Programme in line with project standards
	
Maintain planning deliverables including monthly programme updates and reports
	
Manage the overall planning strategy, activity sequencing, and logic
	
Communicate programme updates to the Project Lead and wider project team
	
Support effective programme control and reporting to the client

About You

Degree or HND in a relevant discipline preferred
	
Professional membership (or working towards) such as RICS, CIOB, ICE, RIBA, or CIBSE advantageous
	
Strong understanding of construction methodologies and sequencing
	
Solid commercial and contractual awareness
	
Proficient in planning software and digital planning tools
	
Confident communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across multi‑discipline teams

If your experience doesn’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply — this role offers excellent opportunity for progression within a complex infrastructure environment.

Package Includes

Salary £50,000 – £70,000
	
Competitive annual leave
	
Pension and life assurance
	
Private medical cover
	
Training and professional development opportunities
	
Employee wellbeing and support programmes

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