Lead Planner

🌟 Position: 164CMR: Lead Planner

📍 Location: Hybrid / 3 days on site in Horley

💼 Type: Full-time

📅 Start Date: Immediate

💰 Salary: Competitive

CMR offers an exciting opportunity for a Lead Planner to join our dynamic team. Be a part of shaping our future, supporting delivery of a substantial investment plan to develop and enhance infrastructure and facilities.

The Lead Planner will play a key role in CMR’s future, in delivering the strategic aims and objectives of the business through development, implementation and delivery of effective planning and assurance processes across a programme of projects (typically £100-£150m in value).. The Lead Planner will lead and be accountable for all planning (for projects beyond the optioneering stage of development), ensuring that all performance targets are met or exceeded in a timely and consistent manner.

About us: CMR is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. We are a progressive & dynamic consultancy offering tailored project controls services across a range of industries.

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.

Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

🔹 You’ll

·       Lead and manage planning teams: Oversee multiple projects to achieve business outcomes, develop and maintain accurate schedules, and manage contract programme assessments.

·       Team development: Set standards, motivate, coach, and mentor staff, recognizing and developing high-potential talent.

·       Schedule management: Maintain accurate schedules throughout the project lifecycle, incorporating all internal and external activities, and provide key milestones.

·       Programme schedule reporting: Report schedule information to the cost estimating database, ensuring accurate identification and classification of tender timescales and activity durations.

·       Support cost and risk management: Align cost plans with programmes, produce monthly cost forecasts, manage risk and opportunity registers, and promote world-class health, safety, and environmental standards.

🔹 We’re looking for:

Essential

·       Degree/Post-Grad in construction or business-related field; membership of a recognized organization like RICS.

·       Over ten years as a senior planner on large projects (over £50m); 3-5 years leading small teams; significant experience with Primavera P6.

·       Planning multiple, concurrent projects; commercial and financial awareness; understanding of NEC contracts; leadership and influencing skills.

·       Planning in live operational environments; knowledge of airport environments.

·       Strong communication skills; ability to manage ambiguity; personal resilience.

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that have the same beliefs as we do!  You can find out more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

📍 Requirements and Location:

·       Full right to work in the UK

·       Hybrid / 3 days on site in Horley

📦 Salary & Benefits

·       25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

·       Comprehensive Private Healthcare (Inc Dentist and Optician)

·       Life Assurance (x4 Salary)

·       Pension: employers' contribution of 4%

·       Company and personal performance-based bonus

·       Salary Sacrifice Scheme

·       Long Service Leave

·       Training and professional development

·       Regular social events

·       Perkbox – employee experience platform

➡️ Next Steps

To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration.

We look forward to hearing from you!

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives.