Job Description
Planning Manager (HV Substations)
South West England (Hybrid)
Package: £90,000 +
Turner Lovell are recruiting a Planning Manager to join a £1billion + turnover EPC Contractor in the electricity and renewable energy sector. Having secured multi-year framework agreements, they are now expanding the team to deliver turnkey HV substation projects ranging from £20m to £150m across the UK.
This role will see you working on the production and delivery of programmes for multiple substation infrastructure projects (132 – 400kV).
Key duties:
* Act as a key client-facing representative, ensuring clear communication and alignment on planning deliverables.
* Develop and manage detailed programmes for design, procurement, and construction phases of substation projects.
* Coordinate progress trackers to support regular reporting and future bid analysis.
* Mentor junior planners on technical programming aspects.
* Collaborate with site teams and attend client meetings throughout project lifecycle.
* Support bid teams with planning input to strengthen proposals.
* Manage benchmarking data, risk, issue, and opportunity registers.
* Drive innovation in planning techniques and lead business improvement initiatives.
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