Regional Planner

Role overview

John Sisk & Son is a family-owned construction business with an international footprint, focused on delivering reliable, high-quality outcomes across every project. The organisation combines innovation with a strong commitment to trust, certainty and client value.

In this position, the Regional Planner is responsible for leading the planning discipline across a defined region. The role covers programme creation, tracking and reporting throughout both pre-construction and delivery stages. It also ensures planning outputs are consistent, accurate and compliant, while supporting regional leaders to achieve successful project completion. In addition, the role provides day-to-day leadership to the regional planning team and encourages better practice, new ideas and professional growth.

Health and safety

• Make sure all planning assumptions and decisions follow the company’s health and safety policies and procedures.
• Assess how health and safety requirements are built into project schedules and programmes.

Programme development and control

• Support regional leadership in evaluating programme risks during the prequalification stage, including bid/no-bid decisions.
• Lead the preparation of baseline contract programmes covering design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Check target programmes and identify opportunities to improve them.
• Review subcontractor tender event programmes to confirm they are realistic and accurate.
• Maintain planning documentation within a Common Data Environment (CDE).
• Coordinate the creation of 4D models and/or 2D phasing plans to support delivery.
• Oversee the development of construction methods that clearly show sequence and safe working approaches.
• Review and sign off project preliminaries, including staffing, logistics and temporary works.
• Work with supply chain partners to verify inputs such as design deliverables, lead times, labour, plant and activity durations.
• Analyse programme risks and opportunities and recommend mitigation measures, including float and time-risk allowances.

Reporting, progress and as-built information

• Set up and review tracking schedules used to monitor subcontractor programmes.
• Gather and examine as-built programmes and identify where they differ from the original baseline.
• Ensure change requests include accurate assessments of programme impact.
• Define and manage the use of 4D/2D phasing information across projects.
• Consolidate and validate production rates to monitor live progress and feed lessons learned into pre-construction work.
• Lead peer reviews of planning outputs to protect consistency and quality throughout the region.

Leadership and management

• Lead the regional planning team and ensure planning documents, templates and outputs remain consistent.
• Provide programme performance and risk updates to regional directors on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Carry out performance and development reviews for planners and make sure training needs are addressed.
• Define planning deliverables and review outputs for both pre-construction and live projects.
• Independently assess programme status for all regional contracts during monthly review meetings.
• Set quality standards for planning deliverables across the region.
• Benchmark programme durations using subcontractor input, historical data and team consultation.
• Support directors with business improvement initiatives linked to planning and programme management.

Experience

Essential skills and experience

• Strong background in planning for complex construction projects, including direct involvement with clients, contractors and other stakeholders on live jobs.
• Good working knowledge of UK and EU construction law, especially contract management.
• Excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Capability to coach, guide and manage planning teams.
• Strong IT capability and familiarity with planning and programme management software.
• Advanced understanding of industry best practice in planning, scheduling and project controls.
• Experience handling costs and resource requirements within project programmes.

Desirable skills and experience

• Exposure to 4D planning software and BIM integration.
• Background in setting or auditing regional planning standards across multiple projects.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, such as advanced training, CPD events or professional membership.
• Knowledge of collaborative data environments (CDEs).

Qualifications

Essential

• A degree or diploma in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Project Management or a similar field.
• Relevant professional experience may be accepted in place of formal qualifications.
• Certification or advanced training in planning and programme software such as ASTA Powerproject or Primavera P6.

Desirable

• Membership of, or eligibility to join, a professional body such as CIOB, ICE or APM.
• Advanced training in ASTA Powerproject, including progress analysis, S-curve reporting and cost/resource management.
• Training in BIM, Synchro and collaborative data platforms.
• Training in leadership, people management and presentation skills.

Additional information

• Competitive salary package.
• 26 days of annual leave, plus extra company days.
• Pension scheme and other benefits.
• Access to unlimited learning and development opportunities.
• Additional benefits beyond those listed above.

Recruitment and equal opportunities

The employer values its people and offers the opportunity to build a long-term career while contributing to meaningful work. Recruitment is handled directly by the internal hiring team. Unapproved agencies and speculative CV submissions will not be accepted, and no introduction fees will be paid.

The organisation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes candidates from all qualified backgrounds, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or any other protected characteristic. Reasonable adjustments can be provided during recruitment. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every requirement, as potential and transferable skills are also valued.

Recruitment materials are prepared in line with relevant legal and regulatory requirements, including the EU Pay Transparency Directive and the Equality Acts in the UK and Ireland.