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Associate Director - Planning & Project Controls | 20 years specialist experience | matt.lilburn@goldgroup.co.uk | +44 (0)1342 330 533

Title: Planning Manager

Location: Nottingham (Hybrid)

An exciting and career-defining opportunity has arisen for an experienced Planning Manager to join a leading main contractor at the forefront of delivering complex, large-scale energy infrastructure projects across the UK. With a healthy secured pipeline and ambitious growth plans in the sector, this is a pivotal leadership role within a specialist division dedicated to major energy works, including substations, grid connections, and renewable infrastructure schemes.

As Planning Manager, you will take full ownership of the planning function, leading, managing, and mentoring a growing team of 10 planners operating across both tender and live project environments. This strategic position will see you embedded within the senior leadership team, shaping the planning strategy, driving consistency, and championing best practice in project controls, reporting, and programme management across all project phases.

You’ll play an instrumental role in supporting the ongoing development of the planning team, providing hands-on guidance, implementing training initiatives, and contributing to resource planning and recruitment as the team continues to expand in line with the business’s project portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of planners across pre-construction and delivery phases.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and management of tender and live project programmes.
• Ensure consistent application of planning standards, controls, and governance procedures.
• Act as the primary planning lead for major energy infrastructure projects, attending key client and stakeholder meetings.
• Provide technical planning support to bid teams and operational managers.
• Develop and implement training and development plans for the planning team.
• Support with recruitment and succession planning within the division.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in planning processes, reporting tools, and systems.
• Provide strategic planning advice to directors and operational teams, ensuring programmes are realistic, fully resourced, and aligned with project and commercial objectives.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a senior planning role within a main contracting or infrastructure delivery environment.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with previous experience managing planning teams.
• Expertise in Primavera P6 and an excellent understanding of project planning and controls principles.
• Background in energy, infrastructure, utilities, or heavy civil engineering projects is preferred.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to communicate complex programme information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Forward-thinking, proactive, and commercially aware with a collaborative leadership style.

Offer

• £95,000 per annum
• Car allowance of £7,000 per annum or choice of a company car
• Travel expenses
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + option to purchase 5 days extra days
• Other great benefits

This is a fantastic opportunity to take a leading role in a growing division delivering nationally significant infrastructure projects. You’ll be joining a business with a strong reputation for technical excellence and long-term client relationships in the energy sector.

If you are looking for a new career challenge in planning and you would like to be considered for the above opportunity then please apply by sending your CV to matt.lilburn@goldgroup.co.uk or call Matt Lilburn on 01342 330 533 for further information quoting reference 71347.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Project Management

• Industries

  Construction, Civil Engineering, and Engineering Services

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