Senior Infrastructure Planning Lead

Mace; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace in Manchester is recruiting a Senior Planner to lead a large, high-energy infrastructure consultancy team on a major client project. The role is based on site with two days per week on location and potential hybrid working arrangements.

You will deliver client-focused outcomes through planning governance, EVM, and performance management, while developing planning teams and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to support net zero and sustainability goals.

Qualifications

• Professional membership or equivalent development (APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE or similar).
• Extensive infrastructure project and programme planning experience.
• Strong commercial, financial and senior stakeholder management capability.
• Proven leadership of large teams with sustainability and carbon awareness.

Responsibilities

• Delivering client-focused outcomes through strategic planning, governance and performance management.
• Acting with integrity, supporting commercial negotiations, strategy development and accountable decision-making.
• Enabling people to excel through collaboration, knowledge sharing and inclusive stakeholder engagement.
• Managing application of planning, scheduling and EVM methodologies across complex projects.
• Managing and develop high-performing planning teams delivering robust project controls.
• Influencing clients and stakeholders through clear analysis, insight and recommendations.
• Supporting net zero outcomes through collaborative, carbon-conscious project delivery.

Skills

Infrastructure planning

Leadership

Commercial management

Stakeholder management

Job description

Mace in Manchester is recruiting a Senior Planner to lead a large, high-energy infrastructure consultancy team on a major client project. The role is based on site with two days per week on location and potential hybrid working arrangements.

You will deliver client-focused outcomes through planning governance, EVM, and performance management, while developing planning teams and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to support net zero and sustainability goals.