Planner

📈 Planner – Major Infrastructure Programmes

📍 Midlands / Hybrid Working

💰 £450 a day OUTSIDE IR35 or £50,000 - £65,000 DOE

🚀 Progression to Senior Planner Within 12-24 Months

💧 Direct Client Exposure | Programme Ownership | Real Career Acceleration

Most planning roles involve maintaining programmes.

This one is about owning them.

We're working with a growing consultancy that is looking for ambitious planning professionals ready to take the next step in their career. This is an opportunity to move beyond being a programme updater and become a trusted advisor to clients, a mentor to junior planners and a key contributor to the successful delivery of major infrastructure projects.

The expectation isn't that you'll stay a Planner for years.

The expectation is that you'll become a Senior Planner within 12-24 months.

🌟 Why This Opportunity?

• 💰 £450 a day or £50,000 - £65,000 salary depending on experience
• 🚀 Clear progression pathway to Senior Planner within 12-24 months
• 🤝 Direct client exposure and programme ownership from day one
• 🏡 Flexible hybrid working across the Midlands
• 🎓 Support towards professional chartership and qualifications
• 📈 Genuine meritocracy where progression is based on performance, not time served
• 🏗️ Opportunity to help shape a growing consultancy during an exciting phase of expansion
• 💼 Exposure to business development, client management and commercial decision-making
• 💧 Work on major UK infrastructure programmes during a period of unprecedented investment

🔨 The Role

This role is designed for planners who are already confident managing programmes and stakeholder relationships, and are looking for greater responsibility and influence.

You'll lead planning activities across major infrastructure schemes, working directly with clients and project teams to drive successful delivery, manage programme performance and provide strategic planning support.

This is a position where your opinion matters, your work is visible and your progression is actively encouraged.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maintenance of complex Primavera P6 programmes
• Own programme performance reporting and variance analysis
• Present programme updates directly to client stakeholders
• Manage NEC4 programme obligations including programme submissions, acceptance processes and early warnings
• Prepare and assess Time Impact Analyses for compensation events
• Lead programme risk workshops and maintain risk registers
• Support and contribute to delay analysis activities
• Mentor and develop Assistant Planners and Graduates
• Build strong client relationships and become a trusted project advisor
• Contribute to bid submissions, business development and consultancy growth
• Support the development of planning standards, tools and best-practice methodologies

👷 About You

• Planning experience within infrastructure, utilities, construction or civil engineering environments
• Strong Primavera P6 capability with the ability to build, manage and interrogate complex schedules independently
• Solid understanding of NEC4 programme management and compensation event administration
• Experience delivering client-facing reports and stakeholder presentations
• Comfortable managing workload independently with minimal supervision
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• Commercial awareness and understanding of wider project delivery drivers
• APM PMQ qualified or working towards a recognised professional qualification
• Ambitious and motivated to progress into a Senior Planner role in the near future

💡 About the Team

This isn't a business where Planners sit in the background updating programmes and waiting for instructions.

They're looking for people who want ownership.

The type of Planner who becomes the client's trusted point of contact. The person who spots potential issues before they impact delivery. The person who doesn't just identify problems but helps drive solutions.

You'll be given the autonomy to manage your own workload, build client relationships and influence project outcomes from day one.

If you're looking for a highly structured environment where every decision is made for you, this probably isn't the right fit.

If you're ambitious, proactive and motivated by responsibility, progression and the opportunity to genuinely shape projects and client relationships, you'll thrive here.

🚀 The Opportunity Ahead

The UK infrastructure market is entering one of its largest investment periods in decades, creating huge demand for high-performing planning professionals.

This role offers the chance to accelerate your career, gain genuine ownership, develop commercially and play a key role in the growth of a consultancy that is investing heavily in both its people and its future.

If you're looking for your next step rather than another sideways move, this is worth a conversation.