Senior Planning Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Principal Planning Engineer to lead project planning activities across key infrastructure projects. This role requires strong leadership and collaboration skills, with a focus on delivering successful outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing schedules through all project phases.
• Strong understanding of time, cost, and commercial factors.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning activities across multiple projects.
• Monitor and manage project risk and schedule variations.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure achievable schedules.

Skills

Leadership

Scheduling

Risk Management

Analysis

Communication

Education

Membership of a relevant professional body

Job description

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We’re currently recruiting for a Principal Planning Engineer to join a dynamic and growing team supporting key infrastructure projects across the UK. This is a commercially focused role, ideal for someone confident leading their own project planning activities while effectively contributing to a wider team. This position will support pre- and post-contract stages, helping deliver successful outcomes across the full project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead planning activities across multiple projects, working closely with the Project Controls Manager.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with internal teams and client representatives.
• Provide accurate scheduling, analysis, and forecasting aligned with contract requirements.
• Monitor and manage project risk, change, and schedule variations, proposing mitigations where necessary.
• Collaborate with project and contractor teams to ensure realistic and achievable schedules.
• Support the recruitment and development of the planning function as projects scale.
• Ensure appropriate handovers are arranged during periods of absence.
• Strong understanding of the interaction between time, cost, and commercial factors throughout the project lifecycle.
• Proven experience in managing schedules through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and handover phases.
• Skilled in the development and implementation of planning procedures and reporting.
• Ability to analyse and interpret Earned Value metrics.
• Experience working in highly regulated industries such as Nuclear, Defence, or Oil & Gas.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., ACostE, APM).

Interested?

For more information or to apply, please contact Sha at [emailprotected] or call 0151 666 8929.