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Senior Planning Engineer

  • Location: Ipswich
  • Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Car, pension, life assurance per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted 2 days ago

  • Sector: Civils
  • Contact: Richard Walker
  • Contact Email: richard.walker@linsco.com
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 21 December 2024
  • Job Ref: J22726_1732189092

Role: Senior Planning Engineer
Location: Ipswich (regional)
Salary: Up to £60,00 p/a (dependent on experience)
Additional: Company vehicle or car allowance
Job Type: Full-time - Permanent

Are you an experienced Planning Engineer or Site Engineer looking to move into a planning role with prior exposure to working on civil engineering sites?

We have an exciting new opportunity with our client, a well-established civil engineering firm with national coverage.

They are looking for an experienced and ambitious Senior Planning Engineer to help support and plan on project delivery, working with the pre-contract tender team and assisting with bid writing as well as where necessary throughout the duration of a variety of civils and infrastructure schemes.

It is essential that any applicants also have some level of site based experience for this positions.

Key duties:

  • Advise and assist on planning, methods of construction, solutions to engineering problems and programme creation.
  • Ensure that while planning each tender, all alternative methods and strategies have been considered and discussed with the tender team.
  • Provision of supporting documents for each tender submission as required.
  • Assist in the review of sub-contracted design work with respect to buildability and tender compliance, seeking advice from the Technical Manager when necessary.
  • Ensure that any programmes and supporting documents produced, comply with all schemes' specific constraints.

Required Skills:

  • The ideal candidate will have a wide experience of working on civil engineering sites, will have a minimum of an HNC civil engineering qualification and be comfortable working in a team.
  • Will be proficient using programming software such as Asta or Microsoft Project, although some training can be provided.
  • Able to function well within a team with good communication skills and technical engineering knowledge.

What they offer:

  • Competitive salary of up to £60k per annum based on experience
  • Company car or car allowance
  • 25 days holiday plus bank hols and holiday purchase scheme
  • Company pension scheme, matched up to 8%
  • Life assurance cover 4x annual salary
  • Investment in development via internal training schemes
  • Company social events and early finish on Fridays!

If you feel you are suited to this role, then please apply with an updated CV and I will get in touch as soon as possible.
Alternatively please contact me at or on 07759125873

Due to the volume of applicants, we may only be able to respond to applicants who have a closely matched skillset to requirements.

Linsco is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.