Lead Mechanical Construction Planner

Morson Group; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group is seeking a Lead Mechanical Construction Planner for Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater. The role is predominantly site-based with flexible hybrid working patterns; expect on-site work 3–4 days a week on a major infrastructure programme.

You will lead a mechanical construction planning team, develop and maintain integrated schedules, manage interfaces across disciplines, and provide critical visibility of readiness and risks to support safe, coordinated delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in construction planning or project controls.
• Experience leading planning teams on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Experience developing and managing integrated construction schedules.
• Site-based construction, maintenance, outage or shutdown planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Leading and coordinating the Mechanical Construction Planning team to support project delivery.
• Developing and maintaining integrated Level 5 mechanical construction schedules aligned to programme milestones.
• Confirming activities entering the four-week planning window are sufficiently mature and ready for construction.
• Identifying and managing interfaces between mechanical, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and other delivery disciplines.
• Producing mechanical planning reports, progress reviews and contributions to the overall 16-week lookahead programme.

Skills

Leadership

Planning experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Higher National Certificate in Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Lead Mechanical Construction Planner

Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater, Somerset + Hybrid Working Patterns Available

Competitive + Benefits

Full time / Permanent / 37 hour per week / Mon - Fri

We are recruiting a Lead Mechanical Construction Planner at Hinkley Point C, Bridgwater Nr Somerset.

This is a predominantly a full time site-based role, however there are flexible hybrid working arrangements available. The successful candidate will typically be required to work on site 3-4 days per week.

As a Lead Mechanical Construction Planner, youll take ownership of mechanical construction planning activities on a major infrastructure programme, leading a team responsible for ensuring construction schedules are integrated, achievable and aligned with key project milestones. Your work will provide critical visibility of construction readiness, interfaces, constraints and schedule risks, supporting the safe, coordinated and predictable delivery of complex engineering works.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a project that supports the UKs future infrastructure and engineering capability. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams, youll help drive project success while developing your leadership, planning and project controls expertise in a dynamic environment at the forefront of engineering excellence.

Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:

• Leading and coordinating the Mechanical Construction Planning team to support project delivery.
• Developing and maintaining integrated Level 5 mechanical construction schedules aligned to programme milestones.
• Confirming activities entering the four-week planning window are sufficiently mature and ready for construction.
• Identifying and managing interfaces between mechanical, electrical, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and other delivery disciplines.
• Producing mechanical planning reports, progress reviews and contributions to the overall 16-week lookahead programme.

Essential experience of the Lead Mechanical Construction Planner

• Significant experience within a construction planning, project controls or engineering planning environment.
• Experience leading or managing planning teams within major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Experience developing and managing integrated construction schedules.
• Experience using Primavera P6 planning software.
• Experience working in site-based construction, maintenance, outage or shutdown planning environments

Qualifications for the Lead Mechanical Construction Planner:

• Higher National Certificate in an Engineering discipline.
• Security Clearance - The successful candidate must be a valid UK passport holder, with the ability to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK www.gov.uk