Planning Manager – Civil Construction

Balfour Beatty plc; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working (up to 40% remote)

25 days annual leave

Family friendly policies with paid mat

Pension

Share incentive plan

Volunteering leave

Recognition schemes

Job summary

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Influence & collaboration

Leadership

Negotiation

Programme management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

ASTA

Excel

Job description

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