Senior Planner

Willmott Dixon is looking to recruit a Senior Planner to support our preconstruction team in Wales. Working on a hybrid basis in the Cardiff office and at home.

Reporting to the Senior Planning Manager the main role of a Senior Planner at Willmott Dixon is to deliver good quality programmes and associated work for tenders and projects during preconstruction. This role will support our construction projects throughout Wales and see you working on exciting projects valued between £10/£70m.

The key responsibilities:

• Ensure thorough planning with a focus on commercial acumen and buildability
• Create a clear tender planning report for the bid team, highlighting essential project planning elements.
• Develop well-informed tender programmes with input from supply chain partners.
• Produce straightforward tender plans and programs that demonstrate robust planning.
• Play an active role in project presentations to both internal and external teams.
• Encourage innovation and value engineering during tender preparation.
• Provide clear program commentaries and planning method statements.
• Always prioritise a customer-first approach.

Essential and Desirable Criteria

Essential

• Onsite and preconstruction planning experience and the ability to produce accurate programmes using Asta Power Project.
• Experience producing logistic plans and methodologies.
• Proven experience of accurate programming and sequencing using quantities and output rates.
• Experience of working with preconstruction, design, procurement and construction programmes.
• An understanding of construction technology and methods including steel structures, concrete frames, timber frames etc.
• The ability to interpret drawings, specifications, and other construction information.
• A good understanding of site requirements in respect of setting up, preliminaries and temporary works.
• Experience with NEC and JCT contract types

Desirable

• Knowledge of 4D planning principles & experience of producing 4D animations linked to the Gantt Chart.
• Experience of managing external graphics providers in the production of logistics plans & animations.

Why Willmott Dixon?

In return for your hard work, we offer a competitive package that includes flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical insurance, life assurance, enhanced parental leave, incentive bonus, motoring expenditure and home working allowance plus more.

At Willmott Dixon we provide an inclusive and flexible working environment for people to thrive in and we are happy to support agile working wherever possible.
We are a proud member of the Disability Confident Scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations. Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.
Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development
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