As a Construction Planning Manager, you will provide construction-led planning expertise to support the successful delivery of major, complex infrastructure projects across the UK. You will work closely with construction delivery teams, project managers, and business leaders to develop, manage, and communicate robust construction programmes for both tenders and live projects.
Requirements
- Experience 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 and progress information to construction teams, project managers, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- Detailed understanding of Project Controls techniques, including budget and spend management, change control, Earned Value Management (EVM), trend analysis, data analysis, and work package management.
- Expert user of Primavera P6 and/or similar tools for construction and integrated project programmes.
- Ability to develop visual management tools and dashboards to track construction progress, key completion milestones (including Hand Over to Test), constraints, risks, and emerging issues.
- Experience translating detailed P6 programmes into clear, accessible visual outputs for project-level and business-level reporting.
- Ability to work with limited supervision, using own 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 matters in a clear, professional, and straightforward manner.
- Experience in schedule risk analysis, cost analysis, claims support, and working on large projects (typically up to £50m), including experience under various forms of contract such as NEC.
- Strong technical background in transportation systems and construction disciplines (including signalling, track/P‐Way, electrification & plant, and telecoms), with an engineering or construction qualification in Civil or Mechanical Engineering or similar (preferred), and membership of APM or equivalent professional body (preferred).
- Ability to identify, analyse and communicate construction risks, delays and constraints at both project and portfolio level.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Employee rewards
- Flexible holiday allowances
- Hybrid working culture
- Training and professional development opportunities
- Range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies
- Flexible working arrangements
- Employee resource groups to support all employees
