About the role
Are you an experienced Planner looking to take the next step in your career and play a key role in delivering some of the UK's most significant energy projects?
At Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution, we're helping to build the infrastructure required to support the UK's transition to Net Zero. As a Senior Planning Engineer, you'll be at the heart of major transmission, distribution and renewable energy projects, influencing delivery from concept through to completion.
This is an opportunity to work on complex, high-profile programmes that are critical to the UK's energy future, while benefiting from genuine flexibility, career progression and the support of one of the industry's leading infrastructure organisations.
While our preferred base location for this role is Leeds, we recognise that great talent can come from anywhere. Balfour Beatty has offices across the UK, and we are open to candidates who can be based from one of our regional offices while supporting projects within the Power T&D business.
This role offers a blend of office, home and site-based working. Candidates should be comfortable travelling to project sites as required, with an expectation of being on site approximately three days per week to support project delivery, stakeholder engagement and collaboration with operational teams.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior Planning Engineer, you'll provide planning expertise across the full project lifecycle, working closely with operational, commercial and engineering teams to ensure successful project delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing, maintaining and managing fully resourced project programmes.
- Leading planning activities across tender, pre-construction and delivery phases.
- Producing and presenting tender programmes and planning strategies.
- Analysing programme performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and implementing mitigation measures.
- Managing change, progress reporting and earned value analysis.
- Providing insightful planning reports, dashboards and KPIs to project stakeholders.
- Supporting project teams in achieving programme milestones and contractual requirements.
- Mentoring and developing junior planners within the business.
- Driving continuous improvement in planning processes, tools and methodologies.
Who we're looking for
We're keen to hear from experienced planning professionals who can bring strategic thinking, technical expertise and a collaborative approach.
You will ideally have:
- A degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
- Significant planning experience within major infrastructure, utilities, power or energy projects.
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject and associated reporting tools.
- A strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
- Experience in earned value management, QSRA and programme risk management.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- The ability to lead planning activities independently whilst supporting wider project teams.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.
Why join us?
As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
About us
Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.
From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.
Diversity and inclusion
At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected]
Job Reference: BBUK20171
