Job Description

Due to continued growth and an ever-expanding workload, we have some really exciting opportunities for career minded Planning Engineers to join our growing and Award-Winning Infrastructure Consultancy Business and work with our variable clients and projects within Defence, Energy, Water & Transportation.

Roles are predominantly home based but travel to the office / site within the UK will be required, so 2/3 days per week can be expected on site / in office, along with the eligibility required for obtaining Security Clearance. Current and forthcoming locations include Cheshire, Central Midlands, Lancashire, Somerset & Suffolk.

Advisory is a core part of Costain\'s strategy to broaden our mix of services and grow margin performance. We work with clients on multiple strategic fronts to understand, articulate and provide solutions for their most complex challenges and to facilitate further growth in multiple areas.

These positions offer a competitive salary dependent on skills and experience, in addition to a fantastic benefits package including pension contribution matched up to 10%, a day off for your birthday and a dedicated professional development budget.

We have a vibrant, challenging and growing business, with project environments that provide tremendous opportunities for everybody. We know that by being a more diverse company we will be more innovative, have a greater understanding of our clients\' needs and will deliver smarter, more inclusive solutions for them. Our goal is to have a workforce that is representative of society and the communities in which we work. As an inclusive, family friendly employer we believe that everyone matters, and we are committed to ensuring that everyone has the same opportunities to be able to reach their full potential.

Role Requirements

As a Planning Engineer you will be responsible for providing planning support working with Project Managers to develop and manage schedules to incorporate risk, change, resource requirements and cost.

Utilising your knowledge and expertise in the Project Controls discipline you will be responsible for providing Project Control solutions and services to our clients. You will also be a key contributor to improving processes, procedures and tools utilised by the function.

You will be required to undertake short-term or long-term commissions to address a variety of customer needs. Previous planning experience in a similar role ideally within Infrastructure Consultancy is required along with;

\xc2\xb7 A stable employment history

\xc2\xb7 Ideally you will have worked in roles which have required Security Clearance

\xc2\xb7 Mobility to travel to sites and client locations as required

\xc2\xb7 Relevant formal qualification for the position (or equivalent experience)

\xc2\xb7 Minimum of HNC/HND ideally in an Engineering discipline or relevant experience

\xc2\xb7 Primavera P6 skilled

\xc2\xb7 MSP competent (but not essential)

\xc2\xb7 MS Office competent

\xc2\xb7 Knowledge of contracts, including NEC and Extension of Time calculations

\xc2\xb7 Champions Sustainability Safety, Health and Environment by putting personal safety and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and helping the environment and communities to thrive.

\xc2\xb7 Having integrity by always doing the right thing in the right way

\xc2\xb7 Must be customer focussed by striving for excellence through understanding, anticipating, and meeting their needs.

For a full job description, please contact careers@costain.com quoting the vacancy number.

About Costain

At Costain, we help to improve people\'s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.

We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK\'s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.

Your application

Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us:

We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.

We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.

To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:

Right to Work & Security Checks

Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we\'ll carry out a criminal record check and we\'ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.

For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.

Closing date

Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.

It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign

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