Job Description:

Planning Manager - Motherwell

Leading the Planning function for the Power and Energy Framework that is currently mobilising in Scotland. Perfect opportunity to transfer your skills from Civil Engineering in the following sectors:

• Highways
• Power and Energy
• Rail
• Utilities
• Aviation
• Power / Energy
• Environmental & Flood Defences

Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 basic

Package: £7,250 Car or Car allowance, 15% Bonus, Private Healthcare, Pension

Location: Glasgow

Working Pattern: 3 days a week on site / Office, 2 days a week from home.

Role Description

As a Planning Manager for the Scottish Power & Energy division, you will be leading the Planning function for the division. Working with the leadership team to manage the Master programme, leading the planning team to successfully deliver a 5 year framework worth over £4 billion in value.

You will be responsible for monitoring progress by updating the master programme with resource and cost loading, and producing 2 - 4 week lookahead reports.

Reporting to the Framework Director, you will work alongside the Project Directors, Head of Engineering, and Commercial Director, managing stakeholder expectations around programme delivery.

Core responsibilities:

• Programme Development: Lead, create and manage a team, undertaking detailed, resource-loaded construction programmes using Primavera P6, ensuring they reflect the full project lifecycle from design to handover.
• Contractual Compliance: Ensure all programmes meet strict contractual obligations, particularly under NEC forms of contract.
• Project Controls & Reporting: Establish periodic progress reporting, providing insights into schedule health, Earned Value Analysis, and critical path performance to senior leadership and clients.
• Risk & Change Management: Lead schedule risk analysis and maintain the risk register. Formally identify, assess, and notify the client of programme impacts caused by compensation events or variations.
• Collaboration: Facilitate collaborative planning sessions and interface workshops with subcontractors, design teams, and stakeholders to resolve dependencies and clashes.
• Team Leadership: Manage, mentor, and develop a team of planners across the project or region, ensuring consistent planning standards and professional development.

This is a hybrid role, but you need to have full control over the programme, managing it as you see fit. Some weeks may need your full attention in the office, others may require just a light touch, giving you time for reports, meetings and admin time.

Required Experience

• Formal qualification - Degree in Civil Engineering or an Engineering-based subject, ideally.
• Proven project experience delivering Major programmes in a senior capacity.
• Full driving licence
• Living in Scotland on a full-time basis.

PLEASE NOTE

You must be eligible to live and work in the UK to apply for this position

If you are interested in applying for this position, please apply via this link or contact Phil via LinkedIn or by calling The Resolute Group on (phone number removed)

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