Senior Water Planning Engineer — Delivery Leader

Arcadis; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead planning capabilities across major Water AMP8 programmes. You will provide expert advice on earned value, resource forecasts, and cost forecasting while maturing planning capability.

You will work with portfolio and discipline leads to optimise plans, drive governance, and support tendering activities for improved bid deliverability.

Qualifications

• Sufficient years’ experience in project planning and scheduling, ideally within the water sector or complex infrastructure.
• Degree/HNC/HND in Engineering, Project Management, or a related subject.
• Strong understanding of UK infrastructure delivery contexts, governance, regulatory and stakeholder requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning capabilities for major water AMP8 programmes and define roles and standards.
• Design and embed planning processes, tools and governance across tender, project and portfolio levels.
• Own integrated baseline programmes, WBS and schedule hierarchies aligned with scope and client expectations.
• Oversee schedule health checks, earned value analysis and variance management; drive recovery and re-forecast actions.
• Produce and present reports on schedule performance, earned value, and resource utilisation for leadership.
• Provide strategic input to tender programmes, including plan assumptions, resource plans and cost forecasts.
• Maintain portfolio-level resource forecasts and capacity plans for resourcing strategy.
• Embed governance and data integrity in planning systems and ensure auditable baselines.
• Facilitate planning and risk workshops to identify risks and mitigation measures.

Skills

Team leadership

Organisational skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent in Engineering/PM/related

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Safran

Job description

Arcadis is seeking a Senior Planning Engineer to lead planning capabilities across major Water AMP8 programmes. You will provide expert advice on earned value, resource forecasts, and cost forecasting while maturing planning capability.

You will work with portfolio and discipline leads to optimise plans, drive governance, and support tendering activities for improved bid deliverability.