Principal Planner – Rail / Civil Engineering
Location: Warrington
Join Our Team as a Principal Planner
Are you an experienced planning professional passionate about shaping the future of rail and civil engineering projects? We’re seeking a dynamic Principal Planner to manage and develop our regional planning team across the North West & Central regions. In this pivotal role, you’ll support project delivery and framework teams by developing integrated, co-ordinated project programmes that drive efficient design and execution.
About The Role
As a Principal Planner, reporting to the Head of Planning & Controls, you will guide and mentor our regional planning team, overseeing day-to-day project planning, programming, and progress monitoring across multiple business units. Your expertise will ensure project programmes are optimised, risks are transparently managed, and delivery milestones are achieved.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing high-quality planning outputs and advising stakeholders on impacts affecting works.
- Managing changes impacting the programme, offering mitigation strategies in collaboration with project teams and clients.
- Supporting procurement planning, including reviewing schedules and subcontract enquiry programmes.
- Ensuring project teams understand and adhere to programme requirements through regular reviews.
- Updating and analysing progress, producing comprehensive reports (including variances, SPI, CPI, and Earned Value analyses).
- Being an engaged, office-based member of the project team, with site visits and face-to-face meetings as needed.
- Monitoring site progress, presenting updates, and adjusting programmes accordingly.
- Maintaining look-ahead programmes and assessing implications for project delivery.
- Contributing to risk assessments and programme strategies.
- Maintaining accurate as-built programmes and providing insights into project performance.
- Advising on resource needs critical to project timelines.
- Mentoring junior team members and fostering talent development.
- Implementing best practices in line with regional standards.
- Managing and maintaining P6 cloud environments and project controls systems.
What We’re Looking For
You’re a seasoned planning professional with extensive experience in rail and civil engineering projects, ideally at a principal or senior level (minimum). You possess:
- Proven expertise with P6 Primavera and project controls tools.
- A strong background in civil engineering and infrastructure, including rail projects.
- Experience in site-based roles, with a solid understanding of construction activities, timescales, and project requirements.
- The ability to communicate complex planning strategies clearly to diverse teams.
- Knowledge of schedule risk analysis and earned value management.
- A collaborative mindset with a passion for mentoring and developing others.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
- Company car or car allowance
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with increases based on service)
- Company-contributory pension scheme
- Life insurance coverage
- Westfield Health Cash Plan & Rewards
- A supportive environment dedicated to personal and professional growth
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- A safe and inclusive workplace culture
- Platforms for your voice through employee forums
Join us and be part of a forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering world-class infrastructure. Together, we can build a better future.
The Company
Why AmcoGiffen?
You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country, you will become part of our expert outfit.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.
Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen
We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.
We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.
Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro-actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
Health & Wellbeing
Operating from a people first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.
Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!
For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:
[email protected]
Recruitment Manager
