Planner

Soil Engineering’s greatest resource is our people. Specialists in their field, benefitting from extensive training, support, and long-term career development through delivering excellent projects for our clients, our people are at the heart of everything we do. You'll appreciate the opportunity to apply your talents to projects that will provide you with the kind of challenges your skills deserve.

As a talented professional, this exciting role offers you the perfect opportunity to apply your skills to real-world projects that challenge and develop your potential. You’ll receive hands‑on training and experience to build a rewarding career.

You’ll have the opportunity to work on varied and challenging projects across the UK, influencing projects from bid stage through to completion. You will collaborate with experienced operational and commercial teams, playing a key role in shaping best practice across the business.

Most importantly, we’re looking for someone who embraces our values, brings positive energy to everything they do, and has a genuine passion for construction and project delivery.

If you're an experienced Construction Planner looking for a role where your expertise will genuinely influence project outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

We're looking for an experienced Construction Planner to join our growing team and play a key role in the successful delivery of projects across the UK.

This is an opportunity for a planner who enjoys being at the heart of project delivery, influencing decisions from tender stage through to completion. You'll work closely with operational, commercial and pre-construction teams, developing robust programmes, managing change, supporting project teams and helping drive best practice across the business.

Based from our Leeds office, the role offers a blend of office, site and home working, with hybrid working available.

What You’ll Be Doing

Pre‑Construction

Working closely with Estimators, Bid Managers and Operational Teams, you will:

• Develop compliant and deliverable tender programmes.
• Identify key constraints, risks, interfaces, milestones and contractual requirements.
• Establish construction sequences, methodologies, outputs and resource requirements.
• Assess access requirements, key dates and third‑party dependencies.
• Produce planning documentation, programme narratives, reports and client presentations.
• Support the bid process by providing planning expertise that strengthens our submissions.

Project Delivery

Once projects are secured, you’ll:

• Develop and maintain contract programmes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure programmes comply with contractual obligations and internal procedures.
• Monitor progress and identify opportunities, risks and potential delays.
• Produce resource‑loaded and cost‑loaded programmes where required.
• Support commercial teams with programme impacts relating to:
• NEC3 and NEC4 Compensation Events
• Early Warning Notices
• Extensions of Time
• Variations and delay analysis
• Communicate programme updates clearly to project teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Facilitate programme reviews and workshops to support successful project delivery.

Business Improvement

You’ll also have the opportunity to influence how we work by:

• Supporting the development of planning processes and best practice.
• Increasing programme awareness and understanding across operational teams.
• Driving improvement in planning, change management and project controls.
• Mentoring and coaching colleagues to improve planning capability across the business.

What We’re Looking For

We're looking for a highly motivated planner who combines technical expertise with strong operational understanding and excellent communication skills.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience as a Construction Planner within the construction or civil engineering sector.
• Practical operational experience, such as Site Engineer, Site Agent or similar project delivery background.
• Strong understanding of Critical Path Analysis and programme logic.
• Experience producing and managing construction programmes through all project phases.
• Proficiency in planning software such as:
• Primavera P6
• Microsoft Project
• Other recognised planning platforms
• Working knowledge of NEC and ICC forms of contract.
• Experience demonstrating programme impacts associated with change, delays and compensation events.
• Understanding of tender and contract documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Personal Attributes

• You’ll thrive in this role if you are:
• A natural problem solver who enjoys overcoming project challenges.
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
• Commercially aware and able to demonstrate clear cause-and-effect thinking.
• Comfortable working under pressure and managing competing priorities.
• Confident explaining complex programmes and planning logic to non‑planners.
• Influential and collaborative, able to gain buy‑in from site teams and clients alike.
• Passionate about delivering successful projects and continuously improving performance.

Desirable Qualifications

• HND or equivalent in a relevant construction, engineering or project management discipline.
• Membership of a recognised professional body such as: CIOB / ICE / RICS / CIBSE / RIBA

Why Soil Engineering?

Soil Engineering brings over 60 years of experience, and our highly-skilled team provides leading geotechnical expertise through ground investigation, drilling and grouting, and geotechnical testing.

A career at Soil Engineering means working with leading experts and continuously building your knowledge as part of a supportive community that takes care of one another.

When you join the world’s largest specialist geotechnical contractor, you’re part of an international community of over 10,000 experts, based in 31 countries around the world. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to prestigious, ground‑breaking projects, using the very latest tools and technology to solve complex problems, constantly learn new skills and take your career in any direction.

We view every project as a unique challenge. Our approach is to question the norm and understand Client needs, where we can add value to the overall project delivery.

Enjoy a benefits package that prioritises you! Here’s what you can expect:

• Career Support: including pathways to Chartership and professional training and development and paid annual professional membership.
• Time for you: Attractive holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional annual leave, and Hybrid working available in some roles.
• Family Friendly: Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity leave.
• Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, Virtual GP access, Optional Dental Plan, Routine Company Medical and health checks, Occupational Health & Wellbeing Support, Save money while commuting with our Cycle to Work Scheme and access to gym discounts.
• Give Back: Receive a paid day to volunteer for a charity of your choice.
• Appreciating You & Others: Celebrate achievements such as Academic completion or
• Chartership with a taxable bonus, and service Awards.
• Finances: Competitive Salary, Discretionary Bonus Scheme - based on company results, Option to purchase shares in our Group Share Scheme at a discounted rate, Enhanced Sick Pay (after probation), Join our contributory workplace pension scheme and Life Assurance for financial security.

Soil Engineering Geoservices Limited is committed to equal opportunities in employment, with the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief and pregnancy/maternity.