Planner

  • Job Reference: 24528
  • Date Posted: 13 May 2026
  • Employer: J. Murphy & Sons Limited
  • Location: London (N15 4RX), United Kingdom
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Construction
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Duration: Permanent
  • Work Hours: Full Time

Job Description

 

A day in the life of a Murphy Senior Planner:

  • Assimilate information and summarise it in a manner that can be used to communicate the work scope to others.
  • Prepare a resourced programme, including reviewing the outcome for conformance with expectations and requirements.
  • Contribute to the risk register and undertake programme risk analysis.
  • Prepare visual material in support of planned methods.
  • Manage personally controlled project documentation in an orderly fashion.
  • Define methods and establish outputs, in consultation with the estimator and other team members, including the supply chain in appropriate circumstances.
  • Liaise with the design engineer to establish a design brief for temporary works.
  • Provide the estimator with a justified schedule of temporary works and other indirect cost items.
  • Attend the bid review meeting to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material.
  • Attending the handover meeting to contribute a clear view of the work scope and the intentions for delivering it by reference to prepared material and clear further defined tasks.
  • In consultation with Estimator advise project team of required feedback reports and support.

 

Still interested, does this sound like you?

  • Experience on Major Civil Engineering and/or Construction projects.
  • Experience working on HV Power, Transmission & Distribution Projects more so National Grid.
  • Use of planning software (P6, Asta, TILOS, QSRA).
  • Active experience of working with a wide range of planning techniques in serving both tendering and contract delivery.
  • A clear understanding of the commercial and contractual interfaces with the planning function.