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About the Role

BAM Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Planner / Planning Manager to join their Energy Network team. This role will support major tenders through to live projects valued up to £500m, playing a key part in the delivery of critical new electricity substations and converter stations. The role involves shaping project programmes and managing a planning team on high-profile projects across England and Wales.

Responsibilities

• Support tenders and project teams with programme delivery and planning requirements.
• Assist the Core Project and Senior Leadership Team with accurate project progress and construction programme issues, including risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers, Interface and Design Managers, Construction and Commercial teams.
• Engage with key stakeholders, including the client’s site project and planning team, and specialist supply chain partners.
• Develop and work with project and planning teams to provide project controls and reporting, including earned value within the programme.
• Develop and support project planners with reporting progress, analysing programme performance, and identifying risks, opportunities, and mitigation measures.
• Undertake the planning role and function on projects as required.
• Support the production of change programmes and narratives aligned with NEC/FIDIC contract procedures.
• Support the development and updates of project schedules, ensuring accurate change control, progress tracking, and resource allocation.
• Support site-specific project controls with partial responsibility for supporting the Project Controls Manager.
• Work closely with commercial teams, ensuring alignment with commercial strategy, recovery, and change management.
• Develop, train, and mentor project planners.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Planning (or Senior Planning) Engineer on large-scale energy infrastructure or similar projects.
• Expert in using Primavera P6 with a strong understanding of programme logic, resourcing, and critical path management.
• NEC/FIDIC contract awareness and requirements.
• Client-facing with strong communication skills, able to clearly communicate programme issues and solutions to site teams and senior stakeholders.
• Strong site experience with a practical understanding of construction sequencing and outputs.
• Ability to lead, coach, and mentor planners.
• Demonstrated ability to complete complex planning tasks, assess programme robustness, and risk (QSRA) evaluations, scrutinise and challenge supply chain schedules.
• Commercial and contractual awareness, particularly regarding cost loading, resource allocation, and risk management.
• Experience working on long-term projects, understanding delivery during early ECI, design phases, and construction site completion.
• Experience working on large programmes with multiple interfaces.
• Experience working on site directly with construction teams in a collaborative manner.
• Strong background in project planning and controls within large, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Understanding and prior experience of QSRA (Primavera Risk / Deltek Acumen Risk).
• Understanding and prior experience of 4D planning software (Synchro).
• Change management experience.

Skills

• Primavera P6
• Programme logic
• Resourcing
• Critical path management
• NEC/FIDIC contract procedures
• Communication skills
• Construction sequencing
• Programme robustness assessment
• Risk (QSRA) evaluations
• Commercial awareness
• Contractual awareness
• Cost loading
• Resource allocation
• Risk management
• Project controls
• Reporting
• Earned value
• Change control
• Progress tracking
• QSRA
• Primavera Risk
• Deltek Acumen Risk
• 4D planning software
• Synchro
• Change management

Location

• Southern region (London to the Midlands)
• Office-based (TBC)
• Project sites

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Office-based
• Site-based

Experience Level

• Senior Planner
• Planning Manager
• Senior Planning Engineer

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• 8% matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

About the Company

• Building a sustainable tomorrow.
• BAM is one of the largest construction companies in Europe.
• We engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings.
• We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued.
• We are on an exciting journey to employ the best talent regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Equal Opportunity

• BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.