Planning Manager - Motherwell

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About the role

Job Title: Planning Manager

Location: Motherwell / Inverness / Peterhead / Aberdeen

Project Type: Energy

Company: Balfour Beatty Group Employment Limited (UK).

About Us:

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. We finance, develop, build, and maintain innovative and efficient infrastructure that underpins daily life, supports communities, and enables economic growth. Our unparalleled expertise and resources ensure that we deliver high-quality projects safely, on time, and within budget.

Now is a great time to join us. As a leading international infrastructure group with a healthy pipeline of work, we're growing our teams. Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a Planning Managerto build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale Energy projects in the North East of Scotland you will work with true experts who will share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we'll help you take it much, much further.

The project is based in Peterhead (North East of Scotland) and from August 2025 you will be expected to be on site minimum 2 days a week. Until then you can work from our Head Office based in Eurocentral (Near Glasgow), Inverness or remotely during the ECI phase.

What you'll be doing

This is a long term (6-8 year) strategic project for someone with experience in civil /earthworks and large-scale complex builds.

Working with the Senior Planning Manager and Head of Operations you will be responsible for implementing project planning procedures, ensuring compliance with the business management system and establish and maintain positive and effective relationships with customers, project team and partners.

You will be r esponsible for the preparation and monitoring of detailed programmes and programme reporting during both Early Contractor Involvement and Construction Delivery Phases .

This will involve the d evelopment of logistic sequences and written submissions (as required ) for projects varying in value from £5m to in excess of £100m. You will also d evelop and maintain the 4D Planning function during the project delivery.

Who we're looking for

The following qualities/experience are essential:

• Substantial experience of planning services within large complex environments within the construction and engineering industry.
• Good experience in the use of planning techniques and the required planning tool-sets;
• Has thorough knowledge of Word, Excel and planning software such as Asta and P6;
• Experience of 4D planning.
• Good report writing skills;
• Attention to detail and will see tasks through to completion.
• Good understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications; particularly NEC;
• Good understanding of various methods of planning, programming, and progress monitoring; Good understanding of risk and opportunity management with particular reference to planning/programming
• Good understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.
• Good understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements;
• Relevant CSCS Card

The following qualities/experience are desirable:

• A degree, or HND in a relevant subject is desirable, as is Professional membership of one or more of the following: RICS/CIOB/RIBA/ICE/CIBSE/CIH

Professional and personal development

The size and scale of Balfour Beatty coupled with our strong pipeline of work provides incredible opportunities, regardless of what stage you are at in your career.

We encourage and empower our employees to take control of their career and explore which part of the business they want to work in and what role is right for them. We actively encourage our managers and employees to have open communication throughout the year about wellbeing, development and career opportunities.

We're proud of the Balfour Beatty Academy. Whether it's sharpening your technical expertise, improving your personal skills or seeking support to become professionally qualified, our 70:20:10* approach to development means we have a learning approach that suits everyone.

*70% learning on the job, 20% learning from those around you, and 10% formal training courses and learning events.

For further information about Balfour Beatty Regional Scotland please go to www.balfourbeatty.com/careers/Scotland - You can also check out further job opportunities in the careers section

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

From Dunfermline's tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland's transition towards net zero in the built environment.

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

We are 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: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com