Assistant Planner

CompanySTRABAG UK

LocationRedcar, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/8/2026

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Occupation Type

Project support officers

Occupation Code Skill LevelMedium Skilled

Sponsorship EligibilityIneligible for Sponsorship

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Description

The Assistant Planner will support the Planning team in the development, maintenance, and monitoring of project programmes across major civil engineering works. Working closely with Project Managers, Engineers, Commercial teams, and site staff, the role contributes to effective project delivery by ensuring accurate planning, progress reporting, and risk management throughout the project lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career planner or engineer looking to develop planning expertise within a large-scale infrastructure environment.

Requirements

Assist the Project Planner as directed
Assist the Project Planner with evaluation of project documents in order to build detailed programmes specifying time and resource requirements from first principles
Assist the Project Planner to code programme activities
Liaise with members of the team during the project process as required and assist with co-ordination of their input into planning matters
Development of high-level programmes into construction programmes. Production of programmes throughout the duration of projects
Co-ordination of input into the programme from the construction team

Review construction progress with input from the construction team, update programmes and produce reports as necessary under the supervision of the Project Planner

Attend meetings as required

Attend site regularly to assist site teams with planning matters

Compliance with the STRA-PLAN procedures and guidelines

Provide productivity as-built data accumulated from the works to allow feedback to the Business Development team and availability to the wider Planning team

Encourage sharing of information and best practise and communication between Business Units

Reporting of data and progress to the Planning Manager

Skills & Qualification

Required:

Degree/HND/HNC in Construction / Engineering or appropriate professional
Appropriate construction industry experience – c.2 years
Demonstration of knowledge and practical application of planning and construction activities
Computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Good communication skills

Desirable:

Experience in the use of TILOS software

Experience in project management

Experience of managing QSRA

Experience in Project Management

Experience in Risk Management

Personnel management experience

Ability to resource and cost load programmes and produce outputs to clearly demonstrate this information to others

Understanding of the benefits of the use of BIM and 4D planning