Planning Manager

Matchtech Group; Tamworth; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Movar Reply is seeking an experienced Planning Manager to join our growing Project Controls team, supporting Severn Trent Water projects from Tamworth. The role is a secondment into the end client, four days per week onsite with some local flexibility, offering career progression within a major infrastructure programme (AMP8/AMP9).

You will lead a team of 4–5 planners, drive integrated programme development, monitoring, and reporting, while collaborating with project managers, commercial teams,

Qualifications

• Significant experience as Planning Manager or Lead Planner in major infrastructure projects.
• Experience delivering infrastructure, utilities or capital works programmes.
• Strong NEC contract experience including programme management, change control and reporting.
• Experience managing planning teams and developing planning capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to work from Tamworth four days a week.
• Water sector experience and AMP programmes preferred.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment or network infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and scheduling activities across a portfolio of wastewater projects.
• Lead a team of 4–5 Planners with consistency and best practice.
• Develop, maintain and manage integrated project programmes from inception through completion.
• Monitor programme performance, progress and milestones across multiple projects.
• Support governance processes and programme controls through AMP8 and future AMP9 investments.
• Drive improvements in planning processes, systems and project controls capability.
• Provide strategic planning insight to support investment decisions and project prioritisation.
• Mentor and develop junior planners and foster a high-performing culture.

Skills

Planning leadership

Team leadership

NEC contracts

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Driving licence

Primavera P6

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Our Project controls consultancy client is seeking an experienced Planning Manager to join a growing Project Controls team supporting Severn Trent Water projects on a permanent basis out of Tamworth offices.

The role will be a secondment into the end client with 4 days required working out of Tamworth (with some local flex). This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in one of the UK's largest infrastructure investment programmes, supporting the delivery of a substantial portfolio of wastewater projects throughout AMP8 and into AMP9.

Working closely with Severn Trent Water's project delivery teams, you will lead planning and controls activities across a complex capital programme, whilst managing and developing a team of 4-5 planning professionals. This position offers genuine career progression and the opportunity to build and grow a high-performing planning function as investment programmes expand over the coming years.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all planning and scheduling activities across a portfolio of wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Provide planning leadership to a team of 4-5 Planners, ensuring consistency, quality and best practice.
• Develop, maintain and manage integrated project programmes from inception through to completion.
• Monitor programme performance, progress and key milestones across multiple projects.
• Support project teams with programme recovery strategies and mitigation planning.
• Work closely with project managers, commercial teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment between programme, cost and risk management activities.
• Manage programme reporting, forecasting and performance analysis for senior leadership teams.
• Support governance processes and programme controls throughout AMP8 and future AMP9 investments.
• Drive improvements in planning processes, systems and project controls capability.
• Provide strategic planning insight to support investment decisions and project prioritisation.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing team culture, with responsibility for mentoring and developing junior planners.

Skills/experience/qualifications

• Significant experience in a Planning Manager or Lead Planner role - this is not a position for a Senior Planner looking to progress
• Proven background delivering major infrastructure, utilities or capital works programmes.
• Strong NEC contract experience, including programme management, change control, compensation events and contractual reporting requirements.
• Experience managing planning teams and developing planning capability.
• Expert knowledge of Primavera P6 and project controls methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within client environments and integrated delivery teams.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Ability to work from the Tamworth office four days per week.
• Previous water sector experience, ideally within AMP programmes.
• Experience working with Severn Trent Water or other UK water utilities.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment, network infrastructure or environmental projects.

Benefits

• £90,000 - £100,000 basic salary (negotiable)
• Competitive benefits package.
• Permanent employment with Movar Reply.
• Long-term assignment supporting Severn Trent Water's AMP8 and AMP9 investment programmes.
• Opportunity to manage and grow a team of planners.
• Exposure to one of the UK's most significant wastewater capital investment portfolios.
• Clear career progression within a growing Project Controls business.
• Hybrid working with a strong client-facing presence.
• This role would suit an ambitious Planning Manager looking to take ownership of a critical planning function, influence major infrastructure investment decisions, and play a key role in shaping the future growth of both the team and the wider project controls capability.