Planner - Building East Midlands

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**Planner - Building East Midlands**

**Leicester**

An opportunity has arisen for a Planner to join the team here at Galliford Try, Building East Midlands.

This is a full time, permanent role that for projects across the East Midlands and Northern Home Counties. The Regional Office is located in Leicester and GT operate an Agile Working policy. All Planners work on multiple tender, pre-construction and live projects.

**What you will be doing**:

- Provide full life-cycle planning support to multiple projects; tenders, pre-construction and live projects
- Review documents, specifications and scopes, identifying contract requires and major constraints
- Provide detailed tender programmes, method statements and logistics proposals for inclusion in tender submissions
- Visit sites to ascertain conditions and constraints to be taken into account when preparing tender programmes and method statements
- Promote the company at tender and contract interviews, presentations and meetings
- Produce detailed fully integrated design, procurement and construction stage Contract Programmes
- Identify alternative methodologies/sequences that improve project completion date(s)
- Ascertain and report progress on pre-construction and live projects, foreseeing potential delays and advising of mitigation measures
- Support the Business in claims and/or disputes
- Support and develop Junior team members where required

**About You**:
As a Planner or Senior Planner within our business you will provide a complete construction planning service at pre-qualification, pre-construction and construction stages, in line with Galliford Try’s Planning Processes and Procedures and our number 1 Business Strategy “Delivering Excellence”. You will be a reliable Planner with good construction knowledge and working knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts.

This is a full time, permanent role that for projects across the East Midlands and Northern Home Counties. The Regional Office is located in Leicester and GT operate an Agile Working policy. All Planners work on multiple tender, pre-construction and live projects.

**What We Can Offer in Return**:
With an impressive order book of over £3.2 billion we are one of the industry’s leading principal contractors, affording you the opportunity to work on some of the UK’s most exciting projects offering you stability as well as the chance to stretch your capabilities and realise long held career goals. You will be joining diverse teams working at a high professional level with exceptional levels of commitment. With an ambitious strategy, we’re poised for further growth and success, so if you’re committed, talented and enthusiastic, Galliford Try is the right place for you.

We are committed to maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of all our people, through our ‘Be Well’ programme which offers discounts on certain products, advice and support for a range of issues.

We invest in high-quality training for employees of all levels, from our leadership development framework to our apprenticeship programmes. Through our Career Paths initiative, individuals receive tailored training and support to fulfil their potential.

Our industry is all about creating talented teams that excel in their areas of expertise. As an employer, we know you are most motivated to give your best when you feel valued and engaged.

Our Agile Working programme empowers you with flexibility in when, where and how you work. Where appropriate, site and office-based employees can take advantage of a wide variety of working practices, offering different amounts of structure, regularity and flexibility to suit your needs as well as those of your wider team.

**Our benefits**:
We put our people first and our benefits package reflects that by offering a comprehensive range of attractive options to help support your career on top of a competitive salary.
- Generous holiday entitlement, increasing with years of service, plus the opportunity to purchase further holidays
- A wide range of corporate discounts
- Childcare vouchers
- Cycle to Work schemes
- Comprehensive pension plan
- Regular Save as You Earn share purchase scheme
- Private medical scheme options are available for all salaried employees and our employee assistance programme also provides free 24/7 support to those who need it
- Paid for yearly membership to one recognised professional association relevant to your role

**About us**:
Named Contractor of the Year by the Water Industry Awards, Galliford Try is one of the UK’s leading construction businesses with a vision to continuously be a people-orientated, progressive business, driven by our