Planning Manager

FM Conway Ltd; Coulsdon; Presencial; GBP 60 000 - 80 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

25 days’ holiday

Car allowance

Career development opportunities

Internal and external training

Shopping discounts through Rewarding\n

Health and wellbeing support

Resumo da oferta

FM Conway Ltd is recruiting a Planning Manager to join our Transport for London HMPF contract. You will lead the planning and programming of reactive, planned and non-core highway works to ensure programmes are achievable, resources are used efficiently and contractual performance requirements are met.

Working closely with TfL and internal teams, you will maintain a safe, functional highway network while minimising disruption to road users and communities across London.

Qualificações

• Experience in operational planning, works programming or resource coordination.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a reactive environment.
• Strong stakeholder-management, written and verbal communication.
• Good analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Strong IT skills, including confidence using spreadsheets and planning information.
• Ability to produce accurate programmes, reports and forecasts.
• Collaborative approach and commitment to safe, efficient service delivery.

Responsabilidades

• Develop and maintain short, medium and long-term programmes for reactive core works, TfL minor highway works and core service activities.
• Prioritise planned and reactive works against contractual timescales, operational needs and available road space.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, traffic management and other delivery requirements to support efficient programme execution.
• Ensure programmes comply with contract requirements and contribute to successful KPI performance.
• Monitor programme progress, risks, dependencies and constraints, escalating issues and agreeing recovery actions where required.
• Lead planning and coordination discussions with TfL and internal operational teams to understand client priorities and maximise work instructions.
• Maintain accurate planning information and produce clear reports, forecasts and performance updates.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, resource use and delivery efficiency.

Conhecimentos

Operational planning

Works programming

Resource coordination

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

IT skills

Reporting & forecasting

Collaborative approach

Descrição da oferta de emprego

FM Conway is recruiting a Planning Manager to join our Transport for London HMPF contract. You will lead the effective planning and programming of reactive, planned and non-core highway works, ensuring that programmes are achievable, resources are used efficiently and contractual performance requirements are met. Working closely with TfL, operational teams and specialist divisions, you will help maintain a safe and functional highway network while minimising disruption to road users and communities across London.

As our Planning Manager, your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain short, medium and long-term programmes for reactive core works, TfL minor highway works and core service activities.
• Prioritise planned and reactive works against contractual timescales, operational needs and available road space.
• Coordinate labour, plant, materials, traffic management and other delivery requirements to support efficient programme execution.
• Ensure programmes comply with contract requirements and contribute to successful KPI performance.
• Monitor programme progress, risks, dependencies and constraints, escalating issues and agreeing recovery actions where required.
• Lead planning and coordination discussions with TfL and internal operational teams to understand client priorities and maximise work instructions.
• Maintain accurate planning information and produce clear reports, forecasts and performance updates.
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, resource use and delivery efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in operational planning, works programming or resource coordination.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a reactive environment.
• Strong stakeholder-management, written communication and verbal communication skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Strong IT skills, including confidence using spreadsheets and planning information.
• Ability to produce accurate programmes, reports and forecasts.
• A collaborative approach and commitment to safe, efficient service delivery.

Why join FM Conway?

• 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
• Car allowance.
• Career and professional development opportunities.
• Internal and external training.
• Shopping discounts through the Rewarding Great People platform.
• Health and wellbeing support, including 24-hour advice lines and access to mental health first aiders.

FM Conway is a business of families with more than 60 years’ experience creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. Our culture is built around our core values of Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence, and our people remain at the heart of the business.

FM Conway has a longstanding relationship with TfL and a proven capability to support the maintenance of a safe and functional highway network while minimising disruption across the capital. We support TfL’s commitment to healthy streets, lower carbon emissions and improved air quality through initiatives including low-carbon sites, electric plant and vehicles, electric cargo bikes and low-carbon asphalt solutions.

Closing date: 31/10/2026

FM Conway is required to verify the right to work in the UK for all successful candidates. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory right-to-work checks.

Please note that FM Conway is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must therefore have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship from FM Conway, either now or in the future.

FM Conway is an award-winning equal opportunities employer. We recognise that our workforce should reflect our diverse communities and we are proudly committed to creating an inclusive culture in which we celebrate and value individuals from all walks of life.

EDI-Strategy

At our heart we are a business that recognises and embraces individuality, so if you are excited about this role but you are unsure if you meet all of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway as you may still be the right candidate for this or another role we are recruiting for.

We believe in people, not algorithms. That’s why every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Recruitment Team - never by AI.

We look forward to receiving your application!