Vacancy Created: 14/10/2025
To apply for this role, please call Alan on 07766 383614 or alternatively you can send your CV and competencies to [email protected]
AWC Staff Services are looking for a Senior Planner to work with our client, within their Electricity Transmission team. They design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Their teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.
You’ll be working between the Nottingham office and sites across England & Wales on a hybrid basis.
About the role:
As a Senior Planner you’ll be part of a team responsible for producing robust and detailed programmes for all works associated with the design, procurement and construction phases of the projects. You’ll liaise with the Project/Construction Manager and Site Engineers to ensure the programme keeps abreast of any changes.
- Develop and optimise construction programmes, including resources, consents, outages, and wayleaves
- Create and maintain progress trackers for weekly reporting
- Collaborate with Commercial and Planning teams to embed planning culture across projects
- Support integration of cost systems for automated CPI/SPI reporting and robust controls
- Champion programme management standards and procedures
- Participate in project handovers and site/client meetings to ensure delivery and KPI compliance
- Provide planning input during tender stages
- Manage risk, issue, and opportunity registers in line with change management
- Benchmark project data to support value-for-money assessments
- Stay updated on planning tools and techniques to drive continuous improvement
- Work closely with commercial and finance teams to meet project targets and control costs
- Ensure programme compliance with contractual obligations
To apply for the role, you must:
- Competent in Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project
- Experience of earned value management and NEC contracts
- Change management process
- Experience working on Overhead Lines projects would be preferred
- Full UK driving licence – you’ll be travelling to sites across England & Wales
Alongside a competitive salary, you will also receive:
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Private health care and health care cash plan for you
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Start: ASAP
Duration: Permanent, on going
Rate: £60,000-£70,000 Per Annum