Electrical Construction Planner

Balfour Beatty plc; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is seeking an experienced Electrical Construction Planner to support the Hinkley Point C project. You will develop and maintain detailed electrical schedules, including four-week lookahead plans, and ensure alignment with programme milestones.

The role requires planning experience in construction, an engineering HNC and the ability to work with multidisciplinary teams; BPSS eligibility is preferred and will be considered in security screening.

Qualifications

• HNC in Engineering required.
• Planning experience in construction environments.
• Ability to develop and maintain detailed construction schedules.
• Experience analyzing progress against milestones and program goals.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Electrical Level 5 construction schedules.
• Prepare and update four-week lookahead plans.
• Align schedules with 16-week lookahead and milestones.
• Define activity-level progress and quantity measurement.
• Integrate engineering, materials, access, resources, quality and commissioning into schedules.
• Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure readiness and identify constraints.
• Monitor progress and track installed quantities against plans.
• Produce schedule updates and productivity reports for decision-making.

Skills

Planning experience

Schedule development

Project controls

Team collaboration

BPSS 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.

As an Electrical Construction Planner, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining detailed electrical construction schedules and four-week lookahead plans. You will work closely with construction, engineering and delivery teams to ensure schedules are aligned with programme milestones, resource requirements and construction readiness.

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:

• 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.

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