M&E Assistant Planner

Briggs and Forrester Group • Birmingham, England • Posted June 29, 2026

Position Overview

The Role

The assistant planner is responsible for assisting with the development, monitoring, and maintenance of project schedules for complex Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) building services projects. The role ensures that programmes are realistic, efficient, and aligned with contractual requirements, client expectations, and company standards.


Key Responsibilities

  • Reporting to the Planning Manager

  • A basic to good knowledge of construction processes from Pre-Construction, Construction, Testing and Commissioning coupled with training and development for the candidate to produce full end to end programmes.

  • Accurately record all progress of the works coupled with training and development to enable the candidate to analyse the critical path and able to advise the project teams of critical and near critical actions.

  • Show a basic to good understanding of contract terms and requirements with a wi...