Senior M&E Planner

About the role

CMR is seeking an experienced Senior M&E Planner to support their expansion across the UK. The role involves reviewing and challenging MEP schedules, developing robust construction estimates, and integrating with cost and risk management teams. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team to re-imagine project controls through a digital lens.

Responsibilities

• Review and challenge MEP schedules from the contractor
• Develop schedule estimates for construction works ensuring they are robust, realistic and practicable
• Define the Basis of Estimate for the construction schedule scope
• Integrate with Cost and Risk Management teams to ensure alignment of estimates and assumptions
• Work with the Risk team to support the QSRA process
• Identify and manage key internal and external interfaces
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure buy-in to the project schedule
• Ensure schedule estimates are validated using benchmark data and design information

Required skills

• Planning
• Primavera P6
• Mechanical and Electrical works
• NEC contract programmes
• NEC3
• NEC4
• Microsoft Office
• Construction project management

Nice to have

• Procurement processes
• JCT
• FIDIC

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification
• APM qualification
• PRINCE2 qualification

Certifications

• APM
• ICE
• CIOB

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Private Healthcare
• Life Assurance
• Pension
• Performance-based bonus
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Long Service Leave
• Training and professional development
• Regular social events
• Perkbox

About the Company

CMR is an award-winning project controls consultancy passionate about the construction industry. They were named Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025 and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2026.