Senior Planning Engineer

Fawkes & Reece are currently looking for a Senior Planning Engineer to join one of the leading UK civil engineering contractors in Ipswich. My Client is a straight talking no nonsense civil engineering contractor. They operate across the UK and undertake civil engineering projects across a variety of different sectors including highways, bridges, infrastructure, flood defence, energy and rail. They are currently searching for a Senior Planning Engineer based out of Ipswich. As the planning engineer you will be using your site experience to provide support to the pre-contract tender team, finding solutions to engineering problems, planning bid winning methods of construction, creating scheme programmes and assist with bid writing. Responsibilities Provide advice and assistance on planning, programming, methods of construction and solutions to engineering problems Ensure that any programmes and supporting documents produced, comply with all scheme specific constraints Ensure that while planning each tender, all possible alternative methods and strategies have been considered and discussed with the tender team Assist with providing supporting documents for each tender submission as required Jointly reviewing sub-contracted design work with respect to build-ability and tender compliance, seeking advice from the Technical Manager when necessary Keep up to date with industry developments, innovations and legislationSkills Experience working on Civil Engineering sites HNC Civil Engineering Qualification Comfortable working in a team Good communication skills Conversant with programming software - Asta or Microsoft Project Eligible to live and work in the UKBenefits Life assurance cover (4x annual salary) Company pension scheme (we match up to 6%) 25 days holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday) Extensive training programmes Cycle-to-work scheme Employee Assistance Programme Employee benefits platformApply today or call our London office and speak to Jude at or (phone number removed)