Planning Manager

Posting date:	29 July 2025
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	28 August 2025
Location:	Peterborough, Eastern England
Remote working:	On-site only
Company:	Finlay Jude Associates Limited
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	RKL29072025

Summary

FJA are working with a national leader in the Water industry, who are looking to recruit a Planning Manager to join their Planning team in Peterborough, part of their Southern Water region. You will provide services to ensure that project plans have achievable timescales and are accurately monitored and updated. This is a permanent full-time position.

Benefits in the role of Planning Manager:
Hybrid Working (Jobs needs dependent)
Car/car allowance
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays (with an additional 5 days available to buy)
Contribution Pension scheme
Life Assurance
Health Insurance
Private Medical Insurance
And many more benefits including - cycle to work scheme, discounts and savings Hub
As Planning Manager, you will manage other members of the project teams to develop, monitor, progress and report on tender and contractual programmes. This includes ensuring that both the operational and commercial members of the team are fully briefed on the critical activities and risks of their projects.

The Planning Manager will be required to work closely with the commercial department to monitor costs, take ownership of several project plans, drive the project team to deliver to the plan and challenge any delay and deviation. Leading, coaching and guiding junior Planners, you'll be viewed as an approachable planning expert who is keen to pass on experience and knowledge to develop others and drive performance improvement

You will report directly to the Head of Planning and the responsibilities will include:
Work with the estimating team to prepare programmes from tender documentation, ensuring that they are compliant and realistic
Prepare programmes in accordance with contract requirements, update them and submit them for acceptance as contractually required
Assist with the delivery of collaborative planning workshops
Lead the development of Construction phase 4D Planning
Maintain a baseline programme and measure progress against it
Liaise with project teams to ensure consistency of key assumptions on methodology and outputs
Identify opportunity and key risks during the planning process
Gather, collate and distribute progress information and the reasons for deviations/delays
Monitor and analyse changes to scope and revise programmes accordingly.
Attend progress/project meetings and present programmes for review.
Attend site meetings to gather progress information
Report programme issues to the Senior Planning Manager and site management team
Distribute regular look ahead programmes
Ensure an As Built programme is available at project closedown
Maintain knowledge of site processes and costs
Record the effects of changes on site and the effects on the contract programme
Assist with the monthly progress report in line with customer requirements
Build and maintain relationships with the Senior Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial team and client representatives
Assist with the administration of Primavera P6 planning software
Deliver planning software training to new users when required
Required experience for the Planning Manager:
Experience in planning of civil, M&E projects
Knowledge of current HSE practices & CSCS card holder
Experience of working with NEC3/4 contracts
Competent in the use of Microsoft software & application
Proficient in use of Primavera P6 planning software
Excellent communication skills
Ability to identify risks & opportunities
Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable working to tight deadlines
Able to focus on deliverables
A proactive attitude
Ability to identify & solve problems
Able to manage own workload to meet deadlines
Desirable:
Water Industry experience
Site based engineering background
Professional qualification
Current Water Hygiene card holder
Familiar with contract management software such as CEMAR & Aconnex
If you are looking for a Planning Manager role and want to work for a forward-thinking Company, then click on the 'apply now' button.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications. If you haven't heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers