Planning Manager

Balfour Beatty plc; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Pension

Annual leave

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc in Peterborough is seeking a Planning Manager to lead planning strategy for major infrastructure projects within @one Alliance. You will manage a team of planners, drive collaboration with Delivery Directors and Programme Managers, and ensure on-time delivery while optimizing resources.

With strong experience in Primavera P6 and senior leadership, you will shape the planning function, embed best practices, and deliver continuous improvement across the programme, benefiting

Qualifications

• Proven experience in planning major projects, ideally within the water or civil engineering sector.
• Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and collaborative planning processes.
• Leadership experience in managing and developing planning teams.
• Excellent communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passion for innovation, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust project plans aligned with @one Alliance and Anglian Water standards.
• Provide strategic insights, ensuring resource alignment and risk mitigation.
• Communicate key project milestones and progress to stakeholders.
• Drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Champion health, safety, and wellbeing across all planning activities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Mentoring

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

About The Role

Planning Manager - Balfour Beatty (@one Alliance)

Location: Peterborough/Hybrid

@one Alliance a ground-breaking collaboration between Anglian Water and seven industry-leading partners: Balfour Beatty, Barhale, Binnies, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska and SWECO. Together, we deliver over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.

As we enter AMP8, our most ambitious Asset Management Period, we are preparing to undertake our largest project yet. This is a unique opportunity to drive industry change, set global standards, and foster career growth.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for project planning and delivery? Do you thrive in a leadership role, driving teams to achieve excellence? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

As a Planning Manager, You’ll

• Lead & Influence – Play a key role in the Senior Leadership Team, working closely with Delivery Directors and Programme Managers.
• Shape the Future – Own the planning strategy, ensuring successful project execution and continuous improvement.
• Develop & Inspire – Mentor and lead a team of planners, driving collaboration and best practices.
• Drive Efficiency – Identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and ensure on-time project delivery.
• Embrace Innovation – Leverage cutting-edge planning techniques like 4D and Time Chainage.
• Make an Impact – Support major infrastructure projects that benefit communities and the environment.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and maintain robust project plans aligned with @one Alliance and Anglian Water standards.
• Provide strategic insights, ensuring resource alignment and risk mitigation.
• Communicate key project milestones and progress to stakeholders.
• Drive a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Champion health, safety, and wellbeing across all planning activities.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in planning major projects, ideally within the water or civil engineering sector.
• Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and collaborative planning processes. Leadership experience in managing and developing planning teams.
• Excellent communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passion for innovation, problem-solving, and strategic decision-making.

Ready to Make a Difference?

This is your chance to lead from the front, shaping the success of critical infrastructure projects and leaving a lasting impact. Join us and help build a better, more efficient future!

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.

Why join us?

Benefits

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…

About Us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do. Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments.