Planner - Highways

Job Title : Planner - Highways

Location : Bristol

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Planner with highways expertise to join our team in Bristol. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the efficient planning, monitoring, and delivery of complex infrastructure projects. You will work closely with project teams to develop and maintain schedules that drive progress and support on-time delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and update project schedules in Microsoft Project, aligned with scope and deliverables.
• Develop detailed look-ahead schedules to support construction planning and execution.
• Monitor project progress, identify deviations from the baseline plan, and recommend corrective actions.
• Collaborate with site teams, engineers, and subcontractors to ensure accurate planning data and schedule integrity.
• Support collaborative planning sessions and assist with schedule-driven decision-making.
• Communicate key milestones, critical path changes, and progress updates clearly to stakeholders.
• Produce and distribute planning reports, performance metrics, and progress dashboards.
• Provide additional planning support as required by the project team.

About You

For a full description and further information on the role, please call Jason Kohle at Carrington West on (phone number removed).

FOOTNOTE :

If you feel that you are right for this role technically, but the rate, location or seniority does not suit you specifically then please still feel free to send us your CV. We constantly recruit for roles very similar to this one at all levels UK Wide. We are always keen to chat with you discreetly about your employment situation.

Even if you are happy in your current role for now, we always welcome calls from Highways, Traffic & Transportation professionals keen to make their introductions for future months or years. Our specialist team has a combined 40+ years' experience in this market. Please call Jason at Carrington West on (phone number removed) for more information.

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