Senior Planning Manager – Primavera & Construction

Vallum Associates; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vallum Associates is seeking a Planning Manager to lead planning across engineering and construction projects in the energy and industrial sectors. You will own integrated Primavera P6 schedules, align with site teams on sequences and resources, and drive delivery performance through data-driven insights.

The role also involves mentoring the planning team, supporting tender submissions, and collaborating with commercial and client teams to maintain robust programme records.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Planning Manager, Lead Planner or Senior Planner in engineering or construction.
• Strong electrical, instrumentation or MEP installation experience on energy or industrial projects.
• Advanced Primavera P6 skills including resource loading, critical path analysis and schedule updates.
• Practical understanding of construction sequencing, installation productivity and commissioning interfaces.
• Experience using progress data, labour hours and earned value to assess performance.
• Confident working with site supervisors, project managers, commercial teams and clients.
• Experience developing other planners, or capability to lead a team.
• Engineering or construction qualification, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated Primavera P6 schedules across engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning.
• Collaborate with site teams to set achievable sequences, priorities and resource requirements.
• Assess progress using site inspections and installation records.
• Analyse labour utilisation and productivity to identify delays and recovery actions.
• Produce resource forecasts and reporting for visibility of delivery risks.
• Work with commercial teams to assess changes and support delay analysis.
• Contribute to tender submissions through programme development and resource planning.
• Lead and mentor planners to improve consistency across projects.

Skills

Primavera P6

Resource loading

Critical path analysis

Schedule updates

Team leadership

Education

Engineering/Construction qualification

Job description

Vallum Associates is seeking a Planning Manager to lead planning across engineering and construction projects in the energy and industrial sectors. You will own integrated Primavera P6 schedules, align with site teams on sequences and resources, and drive delivery performance through data-driven insights.

The role also involves mentoring the planning team, supporting tender submissions, and collaborating with commercial and client teams to maintain robust programme records.