Planner
About this role
Planner (Assurance) — Tebay, Cumbria
Location: Tebay, Cumbria (Onsite 5 days per week)
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)
Working Hours: 45 hours per week
Salary: £55,000 - £61,000 per year + private healthcare + £5,900 annual car allowance + benefits
Vacancy ID: 12427
Closing Date: 07/10/2026
About the Role
Are you an experienced planning professional looking for a high-impact role on a major infrastructure project? Partnering with Kier, Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency is proud to connect talented candidates with a permanent Planner (Assurance) position for the M6 Lune Gorge project based in Tebay, Cumbria. Play a pivotal role providing detailed planning assurance, developing robust schedules, and supporting the successful execution of complex construction works within a dynamic, supportive environment.
What You Will Do
Schedule Development: Develop and maintain detailed weekly and medium-term project schedules aligned with key milestones and delivery objectives using Primavera P6 and Aphex.
Planning Assurance & Buildability: Apply specialist structures knowledge to review and challenge buildability, sequencing, and programme logic for bridges and civil engineering activities.
Collaboration & Forecasting: Work closely with Operational and Commercial teams to align programme forecasts, gather accurate progress data, and support reliable forecasting within an NEC4 contract environment.
Risk Management: Support programme assurance reviews and the QSRA process, identifying schedule risks and opportunities while recommending practical mitigation measures.
What You Will Bring
Major Project Experience: Proven planning experience on major highways, civil engineering, or infrastructure projects, ideally within an NEC4 contract environment.
Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of structures construction, construction sequencing, temporary works, and design interfaces.
Software Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of Aphex and high proficiency in Primavera P6 for creating, managing, and analyzing complex critical path programmes.
Communication Skills: Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, capable of providing clear, evidence-based recommendations across multidisciplinary teams.
(Note: We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship for this role, so candidates must ensure they have their own right to work in the UK. This role also requires a Basic DBS check.)
Fantastic Benefits & Perks
Private healthcare and life assurance
£5,900 annual car allowance and a matched pension scheme up to 7.5%
Green car scheme and share plan schemes
Additional holiday purchase opportunities and enhanced family leave policies
Free health and wellbeing services
Full application support and dedicated workplace adjustment assistance via Supportive Bridge Staffing Agency (as a Disability Confident employer, a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants meeting minimum criteria will be offered an interview)