Lead Planner - Electrical

Balfour Beatty plc; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days leave

Family-friendly policies

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Electrical Lead Planner to join our Project Controls team on one of Europe’s largest construction projects. You will lead and coordinate the Electrical Construction Planning function, developing integrated schedules and ensuring plans align with milestones and delivery goals.

The role requires strong planning experience in construction, leadership of planning teams, and the ability to manage multi-discipline interfaces, reporting updates to senior

Qualifications

• HNC in engineering discipline.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain BPSS Security Clearance.
• Strong understanding of planning methodologies, project controls and construction delivery.
• Planning experience within construction environments.
• Proven experience leading planning teams on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining integrated project schedules.
• Ability to coordinate multiple disciplines and manage complex project interfaces.
• Experience producing planning and progress reporting packs for senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate programme risks and constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the Electrical Construction Planning team.
• Develop and maintain integrated Electrical Level 5 construction schedules.
• Coordinate electrical four-week lookahead plans and contribute to the overall 16-week project lookahead.
• Ensure activities entering the four-week planning window are fully developed and construction ready.
• Manage interfaces between electrical, mechanical, HVAC, civil and commissioning activities.
• Identify planning risks, constraints and dependencies to support safe and efficient project execution.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and support to the wider electrical planning team.

Skills

Planning leadership

Integrated schedules

Multi-discipline coordination

Progress reporting

Risk mitigation

Interface management

Education

HNC in Engineering

Job description

About the role

At Balfour Beatty, we're helping deliver some of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure projects. Through our role within the MEH Alliance at Hinkley Point C, we're supporting the construction of a new generation of low-carbon energy infrastructure that will power millions of homes for decades to come.

We are currently seeking an experienced Electrical Lead Planner to join our Project Controls team. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead electrical planning activities on one of Europe's largest construction projects, ensuring safe, coordinated and predictable delivery across a complex programme of work.

What you'll be doing

As the Electrical Lead Planner, you will lead and coordinate the Electrical Construction Planning team, driving the development and integration of electrical construction schedules across your assigned delivery area. You will play a key role in ensuring plans are achievable, aligned with programme milestones and support successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities,

• Lead and coordinate the Electrical Construction Planning team.
• Develop and maintain integrated Electrical Level 5 construction schedules.
• Coordinate electrical four-week lookahead plans and contribute to the overall 16-week project lookahead.
• Ensure activities entering the four-week planning window are fully developed and construction ready.
• Manage interfaces between electrical, mechanical, HVAC, civil and commissioning activities.
• Identify planning risks, constraints and dependencies to support safe and efficient project execution.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and support to the wider electrical planning team.

Who we're looking for

• HNC in an Engineering discipline.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain BPSS Security Clearance.
• Strong understanding of planning methodologies, project controls and construction delivery.
• Planning experience within construction environments.
• Proven experience leading planning teams on major construction or infrastructure projects.
• Strong experience developing and maintaining integrated project schedules.
• Ability to coordinate multiple disciplines and manage complex project interfaces.
• Experience producing planning and progress reporting packs for senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and mitigate programme risks and constraints

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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