Senior Planning Manager

Mace; Bridgwater; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Mace is seeking a Technical Planner in Bridgwater to provide essential support to the HPC Planning team. You will be responsible for the planning process, ensuring effective project scheduling, and leading programming activities. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Primavera P6 and a strong understanding of planning governance. The role promotes a safe and inclusive work environment, with openness to part-time or flexible working options.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Primavera P6 with data integrity management.
• Strong understanding of planning governance, baselines, and reporting.
• Detail-focused with a commitment to quality and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own all aspects of the planning process and integrated programme.
• Ensure cost loading and analyze contractor programmes effectively.
• Lead contractual management for programme-related events.

Skills

Primavera P6 expertise

Planning governance knowledge

Analytical skills

Process-driven communication

Experience in complex projects

Confident systems user

Tools

Excel

SharePoint

Project controls tools

Job description

Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey.

The project

The Technical Planner provides essential support to the HPC Planning team by ensuring that planning processes, tools, and standards are clearly defined, effectively maintained, and consistently applied across the project. The role supports the stability, reliability, and continuous improvement of the integrated planning environment, contributing directly to schedule quality, process compliance, and stakeholder confidence.

As the project continues to grow in scale and complexity, the planning environment must evolve to meet new challenges and deliver deeper analytical insight. The technical Planner helps to guide and support this evolution, ensuring that systems and processes develop as required while remaining structured, controlled, and transparent.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Owning all aspects of the planning process including the integrated programme, critical paths, client programmes and the analysis and acceptance of contractor programmes.
• Ensuring cost loading of programmes to the appropriate level of cost and progress capture.
• Analysing contractor programmes and provide feedback to project management including run rates, schedule risks and mitigation measures/opportunities.
• Ability to lead all aspects of contractual management for programme related events.
• Directing key assignments, strengthen planning performance, and ensure effective project scheduling and monitoring.
• Supporting strategic development, due diligence, and sustainable business growth.
• Fostering collaboration, share best practice, and build strong internal and external stakeholder relationships.

You’ll Need To Have

• Primavera P6 expertise, managing configuration, performance, users and data integrity.
• Strong planning governance knowledge, supporting baselines, change control and reporting cycles.
• Analytical and detail‑focused, assuring data quality and process compliance.
• Process‑driven communicator, documenting, improving and embedding standards.
• Experienced in complex projects, supporting audits, lessons learned and continuous improvement.
• Confident systems user, including Excel, SharePoint and project controls tools.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well

We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise

We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing

We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel

We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.