Lead Planner — Water Infrastructure Projects

Morson Group; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group in Stockport, Greater Manchester, seeks an experienced Planning Manager to lead the planning function on a major water treatment works project worth £150m. You will develop, manage and maintain detailed programmes to ensure timely delivery, coordinating with design, construction, commercial and client teams.

With strong leadership and communication skills, you will drive performance, monitor risks, and implement mitigation strategies across the project lifecycle from tender through

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in planning large civil engineering projects.
• Experience guiding projects through tender to completion.
• Strong risk and opportunity management for schedules.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and programmes.
• Monitor progress, identify critical path activities, and flag risks.
• Coordinate with design, construction, commercial teams.
• Produce progress reports, dashboards, and forecasts.
• Lead risk and opportunity management for scheduling.
• Support tender and baseline programme development.
• Coach junior planners and promote best practices.
• Ensure health, safety, environmental, and quality compliance.

Skills

Advanced project scheduling

Civil engineering lifecycles

Risk mitigation

Resource allocation

Stakeholder management

Reading drawings & specs

Problem solving

Time management

Team leadership

Water infrastructure experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Excel

PM reporting tools

Job description

Morson Group in Stockport, Greater Manchester, seeks an experienced Planning Manager to lead the planning function on a major water treatment works project worth £150m. You will develop, manage and maintain detailed programmes to ensure timely delivery, coordinating with design, construction, commercial and client teams.

With strong leadership and communication skills, you will drive performance, monitor risks, and implement mitigation strategies across the project lifecycle from tender through