Planning Engineer – Major Power & Substation Projects

Balfour Beatty plc; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days paid annual leave

Pension and share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to deliver Bramford Substation project in Suffolk. You will develop, manage and maintain programmes from pre-construction through commissioning and handover, enabling UK energy transition.

You will lead baseline schedules, monitor progress, assess risks and produce leadership-ready dashboards. Strong collaboration with project teams and stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering or related discipline with construction/infrastructure exposure.
• Proven experience as Planning Engineer on major infrastructure or energy projects.
• Experience with substation, transmission, civil works or multidisciplinary construction.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain fully resourced, logically linked project programmes.
• Create and manage baseline schedules aligned with scope and milestones.
• Monitor progress and identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Analyse risks, critical paths, float, and delays with mitigation actions.
• Support change management and maintain records.
• Produce planning reports, dashboards and KPIs for leadership.
• Collaborate with PMs, engineers, commercial teams, suppliers and clients.
• Prepare short-term lookaheads and integrated delivery schedules.
• Contribute to tender planning and scenario analysis.

Skills

Primavera P6

Asta Powerproject

Excel

Earned Value Management

QSRA

TRA

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent in Engineering/Construction Management

Tools

NEC3/NEC4 contracts

Job description

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to deliver Bramford Substation project in Suffolk. You will develop, manage and maintain programmes from pre-construction through commissioning and handover, enabling UK energy transition.

You will lead baseline schedules, monitor progress, assess risks and produce leadership-ready dashboards. Strong collaboration with project teams and stakeholders is essential.