Senior Planner
Building a sustainable tomorrow
BAM UK & Ireland’s Infrastructure segment is seeking a forward-thinking and experienced Senior Planner to join our Social Infrastructure, Nuclear & Defence team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in the design, construction, and integration of groundbreaking nuclear infrastructure. The position focuses on developing build certainty across multi-disciplinary nuclear construction and manufacturing teams, requiring exceptional communication and collaboration skills to ensure successful project delivery.
Your team
- This role will operate on a hybrid basis, with 3–4 days working from home and weekly attendance at the Derby and Manchester project offices
- Contract: Permanent, 42.5 hours a week
Making Possible
As a Senior Planner, you’ll play a key role in driving programme excellence across tender and delivery phases as well as:
- Develop detailed, resource-loaded programmes from first principles using P6
- Assess and integrate subcontractor and supplier schedules
- Interpret tender/project documentation and translate into safe, buildable plans
- Collaborate with estimators, commercial, and delivery teams to align programme strategy
- Produce clear narratives, phasing plans, and reports for bids and live projects
- Own and drive programme delivery, using planning tools to communicate effectively
- Lead planning workshops with clients, teams, and subcontractors
- Support planners under your lead in development and career reviews
- Monitor progress, manage change, and report against contract milestones
- Support QSRA processes and ensure compliance with internal systems
What do you bring to the role?
Reporting to the Project Director, we’re seeking a motivated and detail-oriented individual ready to grow their career in construction planning. You’ll bring a solid foundation and a willingness to learn and a desire to grow in planning and project delivery with the following qualifications and skills.
- 5+ years’ planning experience, ideally with NEC/FIDIC contracts
- Strong Primavera P6 skills; other planning tools a plus
- Construction/civil engineering background preferred
- A qualification in construction (HND or degree level)
- Experience in the Nuclear sector is advantageous
- Proven ability to lead programmes, communicate clearly, and work under pressure
- Collaborative mindset with a structured, logical approach to planning
- Comfortable supporting junior planners and managing multiple projects
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- A wide range of family-friendly policies
- Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
- 8 % matched pension contributions
- Private healthcare
- Life assurance
- 26 days holiday
- 2 wellbeing days
- 1 volunteering day
- Personal and professional development
About BAM
Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.
The application process
For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure), m: 07717 227890 / Email: jonathan.schulte@bam.com
BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.
