Senior Planner

Location\: Peterborough or London

At Mace Consult, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe.

Within our Consult business, we combine our unique expertise with leading project and programme management capabilities to unlock the potential of every project.

The project

We are supporting one of the UK’s largest water infrastructure investment programmes, delivering an £11bn capital programme through AMP8 and beyond. The programme will improve water resilience, upgrade critical infrastructure and support sustainable growth across the East of England, including major new assets and environmental improvements.

The opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Senior Planner to join our growing project controls team, based on a hybrid role in Peterborough or London.

You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and assuring integrated schedules across complex infrastructure projects and programmes. Working closely with project controls, commercial, risk and delivery teams, you will provide robust planning and schedule insight to support informed decision-making and successful programme delivery.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Developing, maintaining and managing integrated project and programme schedules using Primavera P6.
• Establishing schedule baselines, milestones, assumptions and dependencies across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Undertaking critical path analysis, schedule forecasting and scenario planning to identify risks and opportunities.
• Monitoring progress against agreed plans and providing clear schedule reporting and performance insight.
• Working collaboratively with project, commercial, risk and delivery teams to manage interfaces and programme dependencies.
• Facilitating planning workshops to validate scope, sequencing, durations and key milestones.
• Supporting schedule assurance and governance through accurate and reliable planning information.

You’ll need to have:

• Degree or equivalent qualification in engineering, construction management, project management or a related discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as APM, PMI, ICE or CIOB, or working towards professional accreditation, would be advantageous.
• Advanced working knowledge of Primavera P6, including developing and maintaining complex integrated programmes.
• Strong experience in baselining, critical path analysis, schedule logic, progress measurement and forecasting.
• Experience managing programme interfaces, dependencies, milestones and schedule change across major projects.
• Good understanding of Earned Value Management, schedule assurance and performance reporting.
• Proven planning experience within major infrastructure, ideally water, utilities or another regulated environment.

Our values

Safety first - Going home safe and well\: We champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, understanding the importance of wellbeing in every team.

Client focus - Deliver on our promise\: We own the quality of deliverables, strategic outcomes and build long term relationships with our clients.

Integrity - Always do the right thing\: We influence positive outcomes within our industry, while always aligning with our compliance obligations.

Create opportunity - For our people to excel\: We champion a continuous improvement culture throughout all activities, inspiring our people and teams to develop. 

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.