Senior Planner

Greater Manchester, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

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Job Info

• Job Identification 102218
• Job Category Project Management
• Posting Date 03/05/2026, 09:02 AM
• Degree Level High School Graduate
• Locations M22 5TG (Hybrid)
• Contract Type Permanent
• Driving Required No
• Security Clearance Required No

Job Description

Costain has been appointed as Delivery Integration Partner by National Highways (NH) for delivery of the £240m improvement of the Simister Island M60/M62/M66 interchange (M60 Junction 18), north of Manchester. As Delivery Integration Partner, Costain will overhaul the busy junction involving complex traffic management to keep tens of thousands of vehicles moving whilst construction takes place.

The works consist of:

A new free flow 'northern loop' link road to take drivers directly from M60 eastbound to M60 southbound without exiting the motorway

M66 mainline southbound widening and southbound slip road realignment to allow for construction of the northern loop

A widened connector road from M60 northbound to M60 westbound - replacing the current single lane with two lanes

Adding an extra lane in each direction on the M60 Junctions 17 to 18 (increasing from 4 to 5 lanes) while retaining the hard shoulders

Upgrades to drainage, lighting, motorway technology, signage and signalling.

Due to continued growth the position of Senior Planning Engineer has become available to join a large scale Highways project in Greater Manchester.

As a Senior Planner, you are required to be planning focused, confident in running your own project as well as working effectively within a team.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Adherence to Health & Safety practices
• Adherence to the Costain Way and project specific procedures
• Collection of all data required to prepare Level 3 Programme Baselines
• Raising of activities and coding structure in the propriety software Primavera P6 (including the importance of correct WBS awareness & alignment)
• Co-ordination of logical links between engineering, procurement and construction
• Calculation of activity durations from estimates and critical path identification
• Exchange of electronic planning data with departments and clients
• Liaison with the procurement department and suppliers regarding equipment required on site dates
• Liaison with site planners and subcontractors for site execution timings
• Level 3 & 4 updating from: engineering, procurement & site planner feedback
• Scheduling of Programme activities on a weekly, bi-weekly, monthly basis
• Input/production and issue of weekly updated 4 week look-aheads
• Introduction and analysis of approved changes into the Programme
• Programme Risk Analysis and What-If scenario exercises
• Production of Ad-Hoc Programmes as required
• Analysis of schedule update data and communication of trends to relevant parties
• Production and distribution of reports & graphics, including EVM and forecasting
• Tracking of Key Dates and relevant KPI's
• Attendance at relevant project, progress and planning meetings
  

You will confidently interface with

• Costain and client planning resources
• Site Planner
• Suppliers and Subcontractors
  

You will report to

• Corporate - Head of Planning

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Previous experience in a similar role
• Proactive and enthusiastic approach
• Confident communication skills with departments and clients
• Mobility to travel to sites and client locations as required
• Relevant formal qualification for the position
• MSP competent (but not essential)
• MS Office competent
• Knowledge of contracts, including NEC and Extension of Time calculations

Qualifications

• HNC/HND, degree qualified or experience in a planning related discipline
• APM Project Management Qualification
• APMG International Project Planning and Control Practitioner or equivalent
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP)

About Us

Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

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