Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a Senior Planner to be engaged on a permanent basis in Cumbria.

What you'll be doing
As a Senior Planner with our growing business, you'll:

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 Balfour Beatty 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 leadersWho we're looking for
To join us and lead a planning team, you'll need to:

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.For more information on this role or to register your interest for future job updates, please visit

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