As a Construction Planning Manager, you will bring your construction-led planning expertise to support the successful delivery of major, complex infrastructure projects across the UK.
Requirements
- Significant construction experience, including programming multi-disciplinary construction activities and managing complex interfaces between design, procurement, construction, commissioning and testing.
- Excellent understanding of how projects are constructed, staged, commissioned and handed over, with particular focus on construction readiness and completion milestones.
- Proven experience supporting construction teams in the development of tender programmes and live construction programmes.
- Demonstrated experience in preparing and maintaining planning and scheduling outputs, including construction programmes, resource histograms, performance analysis data, construction progress and completion trackers, and CPI/SPI schedule performance indicators.
- Strong capability in clearly presenting planning, progress, and performance information to construction teams, project managers, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- In-depth understanding of Project Controls techniques, including budget and spend management, change control, Earned Value Management (EVM), trend and data analysis, and work package management.
- Expert user of Primavera P6 and/or similar planning tools for construction and integrated project programmes.
- Proven ability to develop effective visual management tools and dashboards to monitor construction progress, key completion milestones (including Handover to Test), constraints, risks, and emerging issues.
- Experience translating complex P6 programme data into clear, accessible visual outputs suitable for project-level and business-level reporting.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, using initiative in the development, maintenance, and assurance of construction and tender programmes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex construction and planning concepts in a clear, professional, and straightforward manner.
- Experience in schedule risk analysis, cost analysis, claims support, and contributing to large-scale projects (typically up to £50m), including work under NEC and other forms of contract.
- Strong technical background in transportation systems and construction disciplines (including signalling, track/P-Way, electrification & plant, and telecoms), supported by an engineering or construction qualification in Civil, Mechanical, or a related field (preferred), and membership of APM or an equivalent professional body (preferred).
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Employee rewards
- Flexible holiday allowances
- Hybrid working culture
- Opportunities for training and professional development
