Lead Planner

Infraspec; Hounslow; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Site access at Heathrow

Job summary

Infraspec is recruiting a Lead Planner for Heathrow Airport baggage systems projects. This permanent role offers a salary up to £100,000 with a hybrid pattern: around 3 days per week at Heathrow / Bath Road.

You will lead detailed programmes, manage milestones, and work with engineering and project teams to ensure robust, achievable delivery. You will be an established Senior Planner with experience delivering complex engineering, infrastructure, or construction programmes.

Qualifications

• Experienced Lead Planner with a track record delivering complex engineering projects.
• Experience in airports, baggage handling, or similar high‑profile environments.
• Comfortable challenging project teams and owning the planning process.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and maintain detailed project programmes.
• Monitor progress against milestones and flag delays early.
• Collaborate with project teams to understand programme needs.
• Challenge assumptions and drive realistic delivery plans.
• Identify schedule risks, dependencies and critical paths.
• Provide clear programme reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Support planning, forecasting and programme controls for delivery.
• Operate within a complex airport environment.

Skills

Senior Planner

Programme management

NEC contracts

Job description

Lead Planner | Heathrow Airport – Baggage Systems | Permanent | £80,000-£100,000

Are you an experienced Lead Planner looking to work on complex, high-profile projects at one of the world’s busiest airports?

We’re recruiting for a Lead Planner to join our client, supporting the delivery of baggage systems projects at Heathrow Airport.

This is a permanent opportunity offering a salary of up to £100,000, with a hybrid working pattern of approximately 3 days per week at Heathrow / Bath Road.

You’ll play a key role in the planning and successful delivery of complex projects, working closely with project managers, engineering teams, and key stakeholders to ensure programmes are robust, achievable, and effectively managed.

The role will involve:

• Developing, managing, and maintaining detailed project programmes
• Monitoring progress against key milestones and identifying potential delays
• Working closely with project and engineering teams to understand programme requirements
• Challenging programme assumptions and driving realistic delivery plans
• Identifying schedule risks, dependencies, and critical path activities
• Providing clear programme reporting and insight to senior stakeholders
• Supporting project teams with planning, forecasting, and programme controls
• Working within a complex, operational airport environment

What we’re looking for:

You’ll be an established Senior Planner with experience delivering complex engineering, infrastructure, or construction projects.

Experience within airports, baggage handling systems, automation, engineering, or similarly complex operational environments would be particularly valuable.

You’ll need to be confident working with multiple stakeholders, NEC contracts, challenging project teams when required and taking ownership of the planning process.

The opportunity:

• Permanent Lead Planner position
• Up to £100,000 salary
• Major projects at Heathrow Airport
• Approximately 3 days per week at Heathrow / Bath Road
• Exposure to complex baggage systems and engineering projects