Planner

Balfour Beatty plc; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

25 days leave pro rata

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteer leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc in Peterborough is seeking an experienced Planner to own project schedules, drive delivery against the plan and challenge delays to secure outcomes in the AMP8 programme.

You will develop and maintain robust plans using @one Alliance methodologies, lead scope and resources, manage risk, support 4D planning, and ensure safe delivery with strong stakeholder engagement. This role offers smart working options and clear career progression within a leading infrastructure group.

Qualifications

• Proven planning experience on civil engineering projects.
• Ability to translate designs into actionable plans.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with planning methodologies and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans aligned with @one Alliance methodologies.
• Lead scope and resource planning with clear deliverables.
• Identify risks and opportunities and implement mitigation.
• Support 4D planning and digital rehearsals with visual simulations.
• Communicate planning strategy across project teams and stakeholders.
• Uphold planning standards and regulatory compliance.
• Champion safety-first planning for safe delivery.

Skills

Project planning

Communication

Risk management

Collaborative planning

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

About the role

Planner – Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough (at least 3 working days required in office)

Balfour Beatty play a key role as part of the (6) Anglian Water's @one Alliance: Overview | LinkedIn @Anglian Water’s one Alliance. The Alliance is a ground‑breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and eight industry‑leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. And together, we deliver around 40% of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

Entering AMP 8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period yet, we're taking on nature‑based, sustainable solutions like wetlands and urban drainage schemes. We’re setting global benchmarks in environmental infrastructure and empowering our people with exceptional career growth opportunities.

We are now looking for an experienced Planner to take ownership of project schedules, drive delivery against the plan, and challenge delay and deviation to ensure successful project outcomes.

What you'll be doing

As Planner, you will be a key member of a highly collaborative delivery team. You will develop, manage and maintain robust project plans, using your experience and enthusiasm to drive efficiency, performance and continuous improvement across projects.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and maintain detailed, fully integrated project plans in line with @one Alliance planning methodologies and best practice
• Lead scope and resource planning, ensuring all deliverables and resource requirements are clearly captured
• Proactively manage risk and opportunity, identifying critical paths and driving mitigation strategies to maintain momentum
• Support 4D planning and digital rehearsals, creating visual simulations to enhance construction planning and execution
• Communicate planning strategy clearly to ensure alignment across project teams and stakeholders
• Uphold planning standards and ensure compliance with @one Alliance processes and industry regulations
• Champion a safety‑first mindset, ensuring planning activities fully support safe delivery

Who we're looking for

What We’re Looking For

• Proven planning experience on civil engineering projects, ideally within the water sector
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and collaborative planning techniques
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and translate them into clear, actionable project plans
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence at all levels
• A solutions‑focused, adaptable approach with a drive for efficiency and outperformance

Join @one Alliance and play a key role in shaping the future of infrastructure delivery. Your expertise will make a lasting impact as we move into AMP8.

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’s Highways business delivers major schemes including motorway upgrade programmes, complex national infrastructure projects and regional investment programme works for National Highways. We have a strong orderbook and a positive pipeline of opportunities, we put the road user, at the heart of everything we do. We work safely, reduce carbon emissions and added social value to the communities within which we work.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit:www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). 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.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit:https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, share this with us at:[e-mail]