Senior Planner - London
Monday, 11 August 2025
Summary:
The Senior M&E Planner will be working on various sectors such as Healthcare / Education/ Life Science & Office Fit Out which range in value from £5-£35M.
The Role:
- Planning, Scheduling, and management of the programme of works.
- Accumulates, collects, and analyses data and information required for planning.
- Produce tender, pre-design, design, procurement, construction and completion schedules.
- Verify & update critical path and interfaces between design/ engineering/ procurement/ execution.
- Prepare cash flow, key performance indicator charts and histograms, manpower and quantity reports for the project.
- Evaluate and analyse the progress through updated status reports in various formats based on the contract schedule to provide performance assessment and accurate forecasts.
- Analysis of alternatives and options in the programming of works to allow what if considerations.
- Review and evaluate the subcontractors’ schedules & reports and recommend necessary actions to align the subcontracted items in schedule to the contract schedule.
- Conduct and participate in the progress and coordination meetings to discuss status of the project.
- Advice the Contracts/Operational Managers when delay events occur and produce an extension of time schedule in coordination with commercial the project team to support the claims.
- Provide recommendations when actual progress deviates from scheduled progress in order to re-align to an on-time completion.
- Set up the master plan for MEP works on various projects.
Person Specification:
- At least 6 Years of experience within a Planning position
- A trade or engineer qualification or time taught experience in MEP is preferred
- Knowledge working on construction projects from Pre Construction to handover
We are committed to investing in talent and developing opportunities for our staff. As equal opportunities employers, we welcome applicants from all communities.
To apply please send a copy of your CV and covering letter to: careers@dowdsgroup.com
Closing Date: Wednesday, 9 July 2025