Head of Planning

Walker Sime Limited; Manchester; Hybride; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Walker Sime Limited is seeking a Head of Planning in Manchester to lead and develop our planning capability across major construction and infrastructure projects. This senior role requires technical planning expertise, leadership, and commercial acumen to shape the service and drive business growth.

You will build relationships with clients, mentor the planning team, and help identify opportunities to extend planning services across existing and new projects.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in planning or project controls within construction, infrastructure or major projects.
• Strong technical understanding of project planning, including baselines, critical path and progress forecasting.
• Experience contributing to business development and growing planning services.
• Experience providing senior planning advice to project teams and clients.

Responsabilités

• Lead the planning function, providing technical leadership across projects.
• Oversee development and maintenance of robust project programmes.
• Provide senior input on complex projects with clear, practical advice.
• Review programme performance including critical path, float and delays.
• Provide programme reporting and forecasting for informed decisions.
• Support teams in mitigation and recovery strategies to keep projects on track.
• Collaborate with project, commercial, design and construction teams to reflect delivery needs.
• Develop planning standards and ways of working across the business.
• Lead, mentor and develop planners to create progression opportunities.

Connaissances

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Client engagement

Commercial awareness

Mentoring/people development

Outils

Primavera P6

Asta Powerproject

NEC contracts

Description du poste

Head of Planning

Manchester Infrastructure Projects Hybrid & Flexible Working

The Head of Planning Role

We re looking for an experienced Head of Planning to lead and develop our planning capability at Walker Sime.

This is a senior opportunity to take ownership of the planning function, working across major construction and infrastructure projects while helping shape how the service develops and grows.

You ll combine technical planning expertise with leadership, client engagement and commercial awareness. As well as supporting the successful delivery of projects, you ll develop our planning team, build strong relationships with clients and play an active role in identifying and securing new opportunities.

For someone looking for a role with genuine influence, this is an opportunity to shape a service, develop people and contribute directly to the continued growth of the business.

About Walker Sime

Walker Sime is a construction consultancy providing specialist services across major construction and infrastructure projects.

As part of HanmiGlobal, we combine our established UK expertise with the backing of an international organisation. We re focused on providing high-quality technical advice to our clients while creating an environment where our people can develop, take on responsibility and build their careers.

Responsibilities

As Head of Planning, you ll take responsibility for the technical leadership, development and growth of our planning capability.

You will:

• Lead the planning function, providing technical leadership and direction across projects.
• Oversee the development, review and maintenance of robust project programmes.
• Provide senior planning input on complex projects, supporting project teams and clients with clear, practical advice.
• Review programme performance, including critical path, float, progress, constraints, risks and emerging delays.
• Provide clear programme reporting and forecasting to support effective project decision-making.
• Support teams in developing mitigation and recovery strategies where programmes move off track.
• Work collaboratively with project, commercial, design, procurement and construction teams to ensure programmes reflect project delivery.
• Provide planning input into programme change and delay matters where required.
• Develop consistent planning standards, processes and ways of working across the business.
• Lead, mentor and develop planners, helping build capability and create progression opportunities within the team.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Identify opportunities to expand our planning services with existing clients and into new projects.
• Play an active role in business development, including client meetings, proposals, tenders and pitches.
• Work with colleagues across Walker Sime to identify opportunities where planning can complement our wider consultancy services.
• Support the development of the planning pipeline and contribute to the sustainable growth of the service.

Head of Planning Requirements

Essential

• Significant experience in planning or project controls within construction, infrastructure or major projects.
• Strong technical understanding of project planning, including programme development, baselines, critical path, float, progress measurement, forecasting and recovery planning.
• Experience of contributing to business development, including building client relationships, identifying new opportunities and supporting the growth of planning services.
• Experience providing senior planning advice to project teams and clients.
• The ability to interrogate complex programmes and communicate the key issues clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to constructively challenge and influence at senior level.
• Experience leading, mentoring or developing other planning professionals.
• A commercial mindset and the ability to build credible, long-term client relationships.
• An interest in helping develop and grow a planning service, alongside delivering high-quality technical work.

Preferred

• Experience with Primavera P6 and/or Asta Powerproject.
• Experience working with NEC contracts and associated programme requirements.
• Experience providing planning input into change, delay or compensation event assessments.
• Previous involvement in bids, tenders, proposals or winning new work.
• Experience across major infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, data centre or complex construction projects.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.