Senior Planner

Planner

Devonport Dockyard Upgrade – Plymouth

Salary: £50,000 – £70,000 + package

British Nationals only

Carmichael UK is recruiting an experienced Planner to support a major upgrade programme at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth. This is a high‑profile, long‑term infrastructure project requiring strong planning capability across both tender and delivery stages.

Due to the secure nature of the site, British nationality is essential.

The Role

Reporting to the Planning Manager and Project Lead, you will be responsible for delivering robust, compliant programmes in line with project planning standards and wider business management systems. You will work closely with the project team, client stakeholders, and supply chain to ensure planning outputs support successful delivery.

The role covers both tender and contract stages and may include mentoring or supervising junior planners as required.

Key Responsibilities

Tender Stage

Develop tender programmes in line with planning standards and procedures

Identify planning scope, constraints, risks, and contractual requirements

Define construction methodology, sequencing, and commissioning strategy

Establish calendars, working hours, and construction outputs with operational and estimating teams

Produce tender planning deliverables including programmes, reports, presentations, and planning narratives

Support value engineering exercises and identify programme risks and opportunities

Generate time risk allowances and delivery strategies

Interface with estimators to reconcile labour, plant, and material resources

Apply resource levelling techniques as required

Present planning inputs at tender handover meetings

Contract Stage

Produce, manage, and maintain the Contract Programme in line with project standards

Maintain planning deliverables including monthly programme updates and reports

Manage the overall planning strategy, activity sequencing, and logic

Communicate programme updates to the Project Lead and wider project team

Support effective programme control and reporting to the client

About You

Degree or HND in a relevant discipline preferred

Professional membership (or working towards) such as RICS, CIOB, ICE, RIBA, or CIBSE advantageous

Strong understanding of construction methodologies and sequencing

Solid commercial and contractual awareness

Proficient in planning software and digital planning tools

Confident communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across multi‑discipline teams

If your experience doesn’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply — this role offers excellent opportunity for progression within a complex infrastructure environment.

Package Includes

Salary £50,000 – £70,000

Competitive annual leave

Pension and life assurance

Private medical cover

Training and professional development opportunities

Employee wellbeing and support programmes