Electrical Construction Planner

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave pro rata

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is seeking an experienced Electrical Construction Planner to support the delivery of electrical construction activities at Hinkley Point C. The role sits within a high-performing Project Controls team focused on planning, monitoring and driving progress on a major nuclear new-build project.

You will develop and maintain detailed schedules, align them with broader milestones and work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure activity readiness and accurate progress

Qualifications

• HNC in an Engineering discipline.
• Planning experience within construction environments.
• Strong understanding of construction planning and project controls.
• Experience producing and maintaining detailed construction schedules.
• Ability to analyse project performance and track progress against milestones.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams in a complex delivery environment.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain BPSS Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed Electrical Level 5 construction schedules.
• Prepare and update electrical four-week lookahead plans.
• Align schedules with the overall 16-week lookahead and key programme milestones.
• Establish activity-level progress and quantity measurement requirements.
• Integrate engineering, material availability, access requirements, resources, quality and commissioning activities into project schedules.
• Work closely with delivery teams to confirm activity readiness and identify constraints.
• Monitor progress and track installed quantities against planned outputs.
• Produce accurate, evidence-based schedule updates and productivity reports to support project performance and decision-making

Skills

Electrical scheduling

Construction planning

Progress tracking

Collaboration

Security clearance eligibility

Education

HNC in Engineering

Job description

About The Role

Balfour Beatty are working in partnership with The MEH Alliance. We are seeking an experienced Electrical Construction Planner to support the successful delivery of electrical construction activities at Hinkley Point C. This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing Project Controls team and play a key role in planning, monitoring and driving progress across a major nuclear new-build project.

What you\'ll be doing

• Develop and maintain detailed Electrical Level 5 construction schedules.


• Prepare and update electrical four-week lookahead plans.


• Align schedules with the overall 16-week lookahead and key programme milestones.


• Establish activity-level progress and quantity measurement requirements.


• Integrate engineering, material availability, access requirements, resources, quality and commissioning activities into project schedules.


• Work closely with delivery teams to confirm activity readiness and identify constraints.


• Monitor progress and track installed quantities against planned outputs.


• Produce accurate, evidence-based schedule updates and productivity reports to support project performance and decision-making

Who we\'re looking for

• HNC in an Engineering discipline.


• Planning experience within construction environments.


• Strong understanding of construction planning and project controls.


• Experience producing and maintaining detailed construction schedules.


• Ability to analyse project performance and track progress against programme milestones.


• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams in a complex delivery environment.


• Eligible to obtain and maintain BPSS Security Clearance.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK\’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn\’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You\’ll have the freedom to shape the package that\’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

Benefits

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.


• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)


• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave


• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more.

About Us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is a market leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions provider with over 100 years of engineering expertise.

We design, install and maintain the systems that make building infrastructure work. Emphasising environmentally efficient technologies, digital construction and offsite manufacturing, our experienced teams deliver high quality solutions across the following sectors: Aviation, Buildings, Civils, Defence, Energy and New Build Nuclear.

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality.

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.