Planning Manager

Morgan Sindall Group Plc; Portishead Point; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK infrastructure company is seeking a Planning Manager for the Metrowest rail project in Portishead. The successful candidate will provide strategic planning and scheduling expertise, oversee project schedules, manage risk and change, and mentor junior planners. Ideal candidates should have experience in complex infrastructure schemes and be proficient in Primavera P6. This role offers a range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement and pension scheme.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days

Flexible and adaptable working

Family friendly policies and work/life approach

Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support

Contributory pension scheme

Recognition scheme and long service awards

Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance

Share-save scheme and discounts including gym membership

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering large, complex rail or infrastructure schemes.
• Confident communicator able to engage with stakeholders.
• Ability to present clear, data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all planning and scheduling activities.
• Develop, maintain, and report on project schedules.
• Drive effective risk and change management.
• Coordinate with multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
• Mentor and develop junior planners.

Skills

Demonstrable experience delivering complex infrastructure schemes

Proficiency in Primavera P6

Strong understanding of programme controls

Commercial awareness affecting baseline programme

Education

Degree level qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Talented people are the key to our success

Would you like to work for an inclusive and collaborative company which is also one of the most successful within the UK infrastructure industry?

The Project

The Metrowest scheme will reconnect Bristol and Portishead by rail, providing the capability to introduce an hourly (or better) passenger service between Bristol Temple Meads, Pill, and Portishead along the Portishead single line [ELR: POD].

The scheme includes:

• A new station at Pill
• A new station at Portishead
• Track works extending from Ashton Gate Level Crossing (121m 18ch) to Portishead Station (129m 30ch)

Role Overview

As Planning Manager, you’ll provide strategic planning and scheduling expertise across all phases of the project - from pre-contract through to delivery. You’ll be responsible for ensuring accurate progress monitoring and reporting, risk and change management, and supplier and stakeholder coordination to keep the programme on track.

You’ll work closely with internal teams, our client, and the wider supply chain to maintain robust and transparent plans that support informed decision-making. As a senior member of the team, you’ll also mentor junior planners, helping to develop capability and consistency across the planning function.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all planning and scheduling activities across the Metrowest programme
• Develop, maintain and report on project schedules, progress and performance
• Drive effective risk and change management, ensuring impacts are reflected in the baseline plan
• Provide strategic insight and support to project leadership and client teams
• Coordinate with multiple stakeholders, suppliers and partners to align planning information and ensure project integration
• Mentor and develop junior planners, sharing knowledge and best practice

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

We’re looking for an experienced Planning Manager with a proven track record delivering large, complex rail or infrastructure schemes. You’ll be a confident communicator, capable of engaging with a range of stakeholders and presenting clear, data-driven insights.

You’ll bring:

• Demonstrable experience delivering complex infrastructure schemes with multiple constraints and stakeholders
• Proficiency in Primavera P6
• Strong understanding of programme controls, project review, cost and risk analysis
• Awareness of how commercial events and activities impact the baseline programme
• Degree level qualification or equivalent experience

Join us and help shape the successful delivery of a transformative rail project – one that will enhance connectivity and support sustainable travel across the region.

What's in it for you?

Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.

• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
• Flexible and adaptable working
• Family friendly policies and work/life approach
• Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
• Contributory pension scheme
• Recognition scheme and long service awards
• Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)
• We also provide the option to participate in our share-save scheme; discounts including cycle to work and gym membership; a support and advice service for colleagues and their families, and more.

Millions of people rely on Britain’s rail network to take them safely and efficiently across the country every day. Morgan Sindall helps this happen by providing renewed and enhanced rail infrastructure with the minimum of passenger disruption.

Our customers receive a multi-disciplined service covering electrification, power supply, tunnelling and a full range of civil engineering and building capabilities including structures, lineside infrastructure, and station enhancements. This is complemented by track and signalling works from our supply chain partners to provide a complete rail offering.

Our expertise is focused not only on effective delivery of projects within a railway environment, but also on minimising disruption for railway users through the adoption of innovative working practices and techniques. These include ‘live launch’ bridge construction, in which we can install bridges while allowing railways beneath to remain operational.

From landmark station refurbishment projects and platform extensions to tunnelling works and bridge launches, we have a track record of delivering rail projects that are helping to provide a rail network fit for the 21st century.