Senior Project Planner

Senior Project Planner – Power Infrastructure
Location: Oxford Circus (moving to site in Watford from May 2026)

Sector: Power / Major Civils Infrastructure
Type: Full-time, Permanent

Be part of one of the largest upgrades to the UK power network in decades — a transformative, high-value project that will shape the nation's energy future.

We're looking for a Senior Project Planner to lead the planning and coordination of complex, critical works within the power sector. If you're passionate about technical delivery, safety, and managing large-scale infrastructure projects, this is your opportunity to make a tangible impact.

In this role, you'll take ownership of planning activities across a key section of this nationally significant programme — from pre-construction to handover. Your leadership will be vital in driving safe, efficient, and high-quality project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain compliant, robust project programmes aligned to the project's business objectives.
• Plan and sequence works using collaborative, efficient construction methodologies.
• Monitor programme performance, identify risks, and drive corrective action.
• Lead planning through tender, design, procurement, and construction phases.
• Collaborate with clients, stakeholders, and the supply chain to manage interfaces and timelines.
• Provide commercial insight into programme impacts, production rates, and sequencing.
• Engage with commercial, design, and delivery teams to build realistic, achievable plans.
• Prepare and present progress reports, trends, labour efficiencies, and mitigation strategies.
• Support continuous improvement across planning processes and systems.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, sharing planning best practices.

About You

• Skilled in programme development from first principles – able to interpret drawings, perform quantity take-offs, apply output rates, determine durations, and logically sequence works.
• Confident communicator who can present complex programmes clearly to internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Experienced with planning software such as Primavera P6 and/or Asta Powerproject. Familiarity with Synchro, Navisworks, Power BI, or Asite is desirable.
• Strong contractual awareness, ideally with experience of NEC contracts.
• Engineering background preferred, with strong understanding of project lifecycle, including scope, schedule, cost, and quality management.
• Proven experience planning large-scale infrastructure or power projects, preferably substations and high-voltage works.
• Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field. Chartered Membership of CIOB is desirable.

Why Join This Project?

• Long-term stability on a high-profile national infrastructure project.
• Career-defining opportunity with visibility, responsibility, and real impact.
• Supportive, inclusive culture where your contribution is recognised.
• Exposure to a diverse, integrated supply chain and multidisciplinary teams — including structures, MEP, facades, and more.

About us:

Laing O'Rourke is dedicated to being a recognised leader in innovation and excellence in the construction industry. We focus on delivering projects that leave a lasting positive environmental legacy, driven by technical excellence in design, manufacturing, and construction.    

We offer a competitive remuneration package (base salary + car/travel allowance) with access to Private Medical Insurance; enhanced pension and parental leave schemes; Life/Dental/Critical illness insurance and income protection; 33 days holiday inc. bank holidays + 1 paid day for volunteering; professional development opportunities and more!       

We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we enable access for candidates with long-term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an Interview Scheme', which supports applicants meeting the essential criteria by offering an interview for the position. If you need the application form in an alternative format or have any questions about our process, please contact resourcingteam@laingorourke.com. 

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