Head of Planning

Infraspec; Slough; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Infraspec is seeking a Lead Planner / Head of Planning in a London-based hybrid role with occasional travel. The candidate will lead a planning team, manage strategic client relationships and drive commercial and technical planning across major infrastructure programmes.

We expect extensive Primavera P6 experience, NEC4 contract knowledge, and strong leadership. The role offers growth into senior leadership and broad exposure across projects.

Qualifications

• Extensive Primavera P6 experience.
• Strong knowledge of NEC4 contracts.
• Experience leading planning teams.
• Excellent client-facing and stakeholder management.
• Power BI and advanced reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of planning professionals.
• Supporting business growth, bids and strategic client relationships.
• Building relationships with clients, contractors and supply chain partners.
• Providing senior-level planning advice across major infrastructure programmes.
• Managing commercial performance and contributing to P&L.
• Overseeing programme reporting and presenting to senior stakeholders.
• Driving collaborative planning and lean methodologies.

Skills

Primavera P6

NEC4 contracts

Leadership

Client relationship management

Power BI

Job description

LEAD PLANNER / HEAD OF PLANNING

London / Hybrid Working + occasional travel

£90K - £110K + Package

A leadership opportunity within a growing planning consultancy.

This is one for an experienced planner who is ready to move beyond simply delivering programmes and take a genuine role in leading people, developing clients and helping shape a growing planning function.

I'm working with a specialist consultancy that's looking to appoint a Lead Planner / Head of Planning to work closely with the Planning Director as a key part of the leadership team.

You'll combine your technical planning expertise with team leadership, client development and commercial responsibility, working across some of the UK's most complex infrastructure programmes.

The role will give you responsibility across:

• Leading, mentoring and developing a team of planning professionals
• Supporting business growth, bids and strategic client relationships
• Building strong relationships with clients, contractors and supply chain partners
• Providing senior-level planning advice across major infrastructure programmes
• Managing commercial performance and contributing to P&L
• Overseeing programme reporting and presenting to senior stakeholders
• Managing change control, compensation events and EOT assessments
• Reviewing contracts and identifying programme and commercial risks
• Driving collaborative planning, lean methodologies and best practice
• Helping shape the future direction of the planning function

We're looking for someone with:

• Extensive Primavera P6 experience
• Strong knowledge of NEC4 contracts
• Previous consultancy experience
• Strong understanding of compensation events, EOTs and commercial planning
• Proven experience leading and developing planning teams
• Strong client-facing and relationship management skills
• Excellent reporting, presentation and stakeholder management abilities
• Power BI and advanced reporting experience
• Experience across major infrastructure, ideally highways or heavy civil engineering

Why consider it?

This isn't simply a step up in job title.

It's an opportunity to become a key figure within a growing consultancy, helping shape its planning capability, develop people, strengthen client relationships and contribute directly to business growth.

You'll have the opportunity to work on nationally significant infrastructure programmes while developing your career towards senior leadership and business management.

Interested in finding out more?

You don't need to be actively looking.

If you're an experienced planner considering your next step, I'm happy to have a confidential conversation and give you a better understanding of the role, the business and what they're looking to achieve.