Senior Project Planner

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our  Transmission & Renewables team . We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity. 

This is a hybrid role; 3 days working between sites on SSEN ASTI Framework & the office in Aberdeen / 2 days working remotely. 

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

As a Senior Planner, you’ll be part of our planning department who are responsible for producing robust and detailed programmes for all works associated with the design, procurement and construction phases of the projects. You’ll:

• Develop, optimise and implement construction programmes, coordinating resources, outages, consents and wayleaves
• Produce detailed progress trackers for weekly reporting
• Support the Head of Commercial and planning team in building a strong planning culture
• Help integrate the company’s cost management system for automated CPI/SPI reporting and robust processes
• Champion programme management procedures, policies and standards
• Participate in project handover meetings with Bid, Project Management and QS teams
• Work closely with Project Managers and QS to maximise project performance and attend site meetings as needed
• Provide planning input during tender stages
• Represent the business at client meetings and meet KPI‑driven deadlines
• Gather benchmarking data to support value‑for‑money assessments
• Manage risk, issue and opportunity registers in line with change management processes
• Keep up to date with new planning techniques, technologies and initiatives
• Contribute to delivering a coordinated business improvement agenda.
• Collaborate with commercial and financial members of the Planning & Systems team
• Monitor programme compliance with contractual obligations
• Support achievement of business/project targets, manage risks, control costs and ensure safe, compliant delivery
• Contribute to shaping strategic objectives

What you’ll bring

• Full UK driving licence –  willingness to travel across UK sites
• Experience of working in the Energy sector would be advantageous but we will consider major infrastructure experience
• Competent in the following planning software: Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project
• Experience of earned value management and NEC contracts
• Change management process

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year 
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re  responsible  and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re  open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re  together  and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re  ambitious  and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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