Planner - @One Alliance

JN Bentley; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

JN Bentley is recruiting a Planner to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance. You will own the project plan, drive delivery, and challenge delays within a collaborative team.

With expertise in planning large-scale civil infrastructure, you will use Primavera P6 to create robust schedules, manage risks and communicate strategy across delivery teams. A safety-first approach underpins all activities.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering integrated delivery of large-scale civil infrastructure projects.
• Experience planning across civil, mechanical, infrastructure and non-infrastructure works.
• Proficient in Primavera P6 or similar planning software within large projects.
• Ability to articulate planning strategy to teams to ensure data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively develop and maintain robust, detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in line with @one requirements.
• Ensure plans capture full project scope and required resources.
• Proactively identify opportunities and risks; monitor critical path and milestones; lead mitigation actions.
• Develop 4D animations of the project plan for digital rehearsal of construction.
• Design and implement effective communication plans to ensure clear buy-in from relevant teams.
• Maintain planning standards across @one and ensure adherence to published processes.
• Uphold Health & Safety standards in all planning activities with safety first.

Skills

Planning experience

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Earned Value Management

Schedule Risk Analysis

Communication of planning strategy

Deliver large-scale civil projects

Project controls

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a Planner to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance.

As part of Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities.

What will you be doing as our new Planner?

As our new Planner, you’ll take ownership of the project plan, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. You will be a key member of a wholly collaborative team and will use your experience, enthusiasm and skills to help the team drive efficiency and outperformance.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaboratively develop and maintain robust detailed project plans for the Delivery Team in accordance with @one requirements ensuring methodology is consistently followed


• Ensure project plans capture the full project scope and resources are considered and loaded as required


• Pro-actively identify opportunities and risks in the plan. Monitor the critical path and key milestones, advising the delivery team on any potential changes and leading challenge an mitigation actions.


• Develop 4D animations of the project plan to aid digital rehearsal of the project construction.


• Design and implement effective and value- added communication plans ensuring relevant teams and individuals are clear and buy into the strategy and approach


• Ensure planning standards are maintained across @one and published processes are adhered to.


• Appreciate and uphold the Health & Safety standards in all planning processes with the mantra of 'Nothing is so important that we cannot take the time to do it safely' at the heart of all activities

A Little Bit About Your Skills, Experience And Behaviours

• Able to demonstrate experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and have a proven track record of developing, owning, and controlling integrated delivery of large-scale civil infrastructure projects.


• Experienced in planning through all phase of large-scale projects including civil, mechanical, infrastructure and non-infrastructure type work.


• Proficient in the use of the P6 project and programme management applications, ideally within large-scale project.


• Able to communicate the planning strategy for a complex programme to the wider team to ensure accuracy of information.


• Knowledgeable of Project Controls including Earned Value Management and Schedule Risk Analysis


• Experience of Appraising, co-ordinating and integrating subcontractor and design programmes.


• Ideally have planning experience with a Main Contractor in the water industry covering large scale infrastructure projects.


• Experienced at Scheduling/Reporting within an NEC contract framework

At @one Alliance, you’ll be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is shaping the future of the UK’s water infrastructure. We offer a collaborative and innovative working environment, where your expertise will be valued and your ideas will drive meaningful change.

JN Bentley Benefits can be found on the booklet attached.