Planning Manager

Infraspec; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm is seeking a Planning Manager to oversee major projects in the UK. This role involves leading a team, managing advanced planning processes, and ensuring alignment across project phases. Competitive compensation includes a base salary of £85,000 – £95,000 with additional bonuses and a hybrid working environment. Ideal candidates will have substantial experience in delivering complex infrastructure initiatives, especially using Primavera P6, and a strong capability to influence stakeholders effectively.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary with joining incentive

Career progress opportunities

Variety in projects

Meaningful impact on communities

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering major infrastructure projects.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing planning teams.
• Confidence operating within structured governance and reporting environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing planning team.
• Challenge conventional planning practices for efficiency.
• Manage fully integrated programmes using Primavera P6.
• Align schedules, cost plans, and construction budgets.
• Produce governance and performance reporting for stakeholders.
• Translate complex information into insights for audiences.

Skills

Delivering major infrastructure projects (£50m+)

Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6

Leadership experience managing planning teams

Solid commercial awareness

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

🚧 Planning Manager – Major Infrastructure Programmes

📍 Redhill | Hybrid Working

💷 £85,000 – £95,000 + Joining Incentive + Up to 20% Bonus + Full Benefits

Shape the Future of UK Infrastructure

Are you an experienced Planning Manager looking to step into a role where your influence extends far beyond the programme? This opportunity places you at the centre of a landmark infrastructure scheme in the Sussex region, working with a globally recognised organisation delivering complex, high-value projects.

From early-stage feasibility to full-scale construction delivery, no two programmes are the same. You’ll be exposed to a diverse technical landscape including civil engineering, MEP, sustainability, specialist engineering, and value-led construction — all while playing a key role in defining how projects are planned, governed, and delivered.

This is not a role for someone who simply maintains schedules. Here, your expertise will shape delivery strategy, improve certainty, and elevate performance across multi-disciplinary teams.

Your Role

As Planning Manager, you’ll act as a strategic leader within the project environment, setting standards, driving innovation, and ensuring planning excellence across major programmes. Your responsibilities will include :

• Leading, developing, and mentoring a high-performing planning team
• Challenging conventional planning practices and embedding smarter, more efficient methodologies
• Creating and managing fully integrated programmes using Primavera P6
• Ensuring alignment between schedules, cost plans, and construction budgets
• Producing clear, robust programme, governance, and performance reporting for senior stakeholders
• Translating complex programme information into clear insights for diverse audiences
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to enhance predictability and delivery confidence

What You’ll Bring

• Strong experience delivering major infrastructure projects (£50m+)
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and programme management best practice
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing planning teams
• Solid commercial and financial awareness, including construction budget oversight
• Confidence operating within structured governance and reporting environments
• The ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels

Desirable: Experience on geotechnical or ground engineering projects

Why Join?

• Hybrid Working : Flexibility that supports both performance and wellbeing
• Highly Competitive Package : £85k–£90k base salary, joining incentive, up to 20% bonus, plus benefits
• Career Progression : High-visibility projects with genuine scope for advancement
• Project Variety : Complex, multi-disciplinary programmes that keep your work challenging and rewarding
• Real Impact : Deliver infrastructure that supports communities and long-term growth

Ready to Make Your Mark?

If you’re ready to lead, influence, and deliver at the highest level - and want your planning expertise to truly matter - we’d love to speak with you.

Apply today and one of our recruitment specialists will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in confidence.