Planning manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Leeds; Sur place; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies with paid mat

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Résumé du poste

Balfour Beatty is seeking an experienced Planning Manager to lead planning and scheduling across regional civil engineering projects in Leeds. You will drive programme development, resource planning, project controls and governance to ensure robust, achievable programmes aligned to business objectives.

You will collaborate with project teams, stakeholders and senior leadership to drive best practice planning processes, manage resources, monitor performance, and support informed decision-making

Qualifications

• Significant experience planning and managing major civil engineering or construction projects.
• Proven track record delivering programmes across complex projects.
• Experience leading planning teams.
• Experience working with clients, subcontractors, suppliers and project stakeholders.
• Experience managing project schedules through the full project lifecycle.

Responsabilités

• Lead the strategic planning and scheduling of construction projects from tender stage through to project completion.
• Oversee development, management, and maintenance of tender, feasibility, pre-construction, and contract programmes.
• Identify planning scope, constraints, contract requirements, and risks.
• Develop and agree logical sequences, methodologies, and delivery strategies with project teams.
• Monitor programme performance, critical path activities, and milestones.
• Provide programme advice and recommend actions to mitigate delays and improve delivery.
• Manage baselines and support change control processes.
• Lead resource planning for labour, plant, materials, and subcontractors.
• Support risk management activities including programme risk analysis and schedule assessments.
• Produce programme reports, data, KPIs for informed decisions.
• Build relationships with project teams, clients, subcontractors, suppliers and stakeholders.
• Lead and develop planning team members; promote best practice.

Connaissances

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Influence & collaboration

Leadership

Negotiation

Programme management

Outils

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

ASTA

Excel

Description du poste

About the role

Job Title: Planning Manager

Location: Leeds

Company: Balfour Beatty

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Planning Manager to lead the planning and scheduling activities across regional civil engineering projects. This role is responsible for overseeing programme development, resource planning, project controls, and programme management activities to ensure successful project delivery.

Working closely with project teams, stakeholders, and senior leadership, you will drive best practice planning processes, support project decision-making, manage planning resources, and ensure construction programmes are robust, achievable, and aligned to business objectives.

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic planning and scheduling of construction projects from tender stage through to project completion.
• Oversee the development, management, and maintenance of tender, feasibility, pre-construction, and contract programmes.
• Identify planning scope, key constraints, contract requirements, and project risks that may impact programme delivery.
• Develop and agree logical sequences, methodologies, and delivery strategies with project teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor and analyse programme performance, critical path activities, and project milestones.
• Provide programme advice and recommend corrective actions to mitigate delays and improve delivery performance.
• Manage project baselines and support effective change control processes.
• Lead resource planning activities, ensuring efficient allocation of labour, plant, materials, and subcontractor resources.
• Support project teams with risk management activities including programme risk analysis and schedule assessments.
• Produce programme reports, project data, key performance indicators, and planning information to support informed decision-making.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with project teams, clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and wider stakeholders.
• Lead, mentor, and develop planning team members to support professional growth and capability development.
• Promote continuous improvement and the adoption of best practice planning techniques and systems.

Who we're looking for

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Effective negotiation and conflict resolution abilities.
• Strong organisational and programme management expertise.

Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of project planning and scheduling methodologies.
• Strong understanding of construction project management principles and best practices.
• Proficiency in industry-standard planning software including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, ASTA, and Excel.
• Knowledge of programme risk management techniques including risk analysis processes.
• Understanding of project controls, earned value management, budgeting, and forecasting principles.

Experience

• Significant experience planning and managing major civil engineering or construction projects.
• Proven track record of successful programme delivery across complex projects.
• Experience leading and managing planning teams.
• Experience working collaboratively with clients, subcontractors, suppliers, and project stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience managing project schedules throughout the full project lifecycle.

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.

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…

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it’s sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Jobs please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

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About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

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.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/