Planning Manager

Location: Orwell Logistics Park, Ipswich
Hybrid working available | Travel & mobility support options available

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join one of the UK's most significant infrastructure programmes - Sizewell C - a once-in-a-generation clean energy project that will help power over 6 million homes for decades to come.

Working within the Civil Works Alliance (a partnership between Balfour Beatty, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Laing O'Rourke), you'll lead planning and programme management activities across the Main Civil Works, supporting the delivery of one of Europe's largest and most complex infrastructure programmes.

As a Planning Manager, you'll be responsible for leading a team of planners and driving best-in-class planning, scheduling and programme controls across multiple work packages. You'll work closely with Project Managers, Engineering, Commercial and Project Controls teams to ensure robust, integrated programmes are developed, maintained and delivered.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading planning and scheduling activities across Main Civil Works packages from pre-construction through to delivery
• Managing and developing a team of planners, ensuring high standards of programme quality and consistency
• Developing, maintaining and optimising integrated project programmes using Primavera P6 or equivalent tools
• Ensuring alignment between planning, commercial and project controls functions, including cost and performance reporting
• Driving the implementation of planning standards, governance and best practice across the programme
• Supporting the development of construction methodologies, sequencing and logistics strategies
• Leading programme reviews, progress reporting and performance analysis with key stakeholders
• Identifying programme risks, opportunities and mitigation strategies to support successful project delivery
• Managing change control processes, ensuring programme impacts are assessed and communicated effectively
• Supporting Earned Value Management (EVM) and integrated performance reporting
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure programmes are realistic, achievable and aligned with delivery strategies

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience in planning and scheduling within major civil engineering, infrastructure or construction projects
• Proven experience in a Planning Manager or Senior Planner leadership role
• Strong expertise in Primavera P6 and programme management best practice
• Experience developing and managing complex, integrated project schedules
• Strong understanding of construction sequencing, methodologies and project delivery
• Experience working within large infrastructure programmes, joint ventures or alliance environments
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret programme data and provide meaningful insight
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and integrated project controls is desirable
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline
• Membership of a relevant professional body (APM, CIOB or similar) would be advantageous

Why Join Us?

• Be part of one of the UK's largest and most complex infrastructure projects
• Lead planning activities across a nationally significant programme of works
• Work within a collaborative alliance environment alongside industry-leading organisations
• Influence the successful delivery of major civil engineering works through best-in-class planning
• Long-term career opportunities within a major programme of works
• Competitive salary, benefits and hybrid working arrangements

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:
We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term health conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com