Senior Planner

The Vacancy

Are you ready to elevate your career with one of the UK’s leading construction companies? We are on the lookout for a passionate Senior Planner to join our dynamic Northern Home Counties Construction Team. We’re taking on high-profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors, and we want you to be part of the journey.

💡 Why Join Us?
At Wates, we don’t just build projects—we build careers, ideas, and opportunities. As a Senior Planner, you’ll step into a pivotal role where your expertise will drive success across every phase of a project’s lifecycle. If you’re ready to challenge the norm, bring fresh ideas, and leave your mark on the industry, this is the place for you.

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The Role

As a Senior Planner at Wates, you’ll provide essential planning and programming expertise to our pre-contract and project teams, ensuring every element comes together seamlessly.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Drive project success by instigating and monitoring performance metrics throughout the lifecycle.
• Seamlessly integrate design, procurement, and construction elements for maximum efficiency.
• Develop robust tender programmes and method statements, presenting them with confidence.
• Manage changes effectively, advising on EOT (Extension of Time) implications where needed.
• Prepare schedules and analyse quotes for time-related preliminaries with precision.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working 
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade) 
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates) 
• Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity. 

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.