Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Company
At Mace Construct, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We are innovators, trusted partners, and construction experts. Founded on a belief that the built environment sector could be more efficient, innovative, and responsible, we have built a reputation for delivering projects safer, faster, and greener. We transform industries, support communities, and leave lasting legacies.

About the Project
Mace Construct has worked at Heathrow Airport for more than 25 years, delivering over 400 live frameworks and projects across a 1,227-hectare campus. This extensive experience has developed deep operational, technical, and stakeholder understanding, enabling delivery of change without interrupting airport operations. Our teams combine exceptional commitment to safety, smart construction methods, and a collaborative, client-focused approach to ensure project success and long-term partnerships.

About the Role
The Senior Planning Manager collaborates with the planning function on allocated projects and ensures alignment with defined planning processes. You will verify that projects and tenders are appropriately planned, scheduled, and monitored. Supporting the Project Management function, you will help deliver projects on time and profitably. You will be responsible for planning medium to high complexity projects, managing a portfolio of smaller projects or larger projects.

Key Responsibilities
- Advise on complex planning requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively
- Manage planning and scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity projects and programmes, including Earned Value Management (EVM) and project controls methodologies
- Influence complex requirements and communicate with clients, project teams, and stakeholders
- Create plans and analyze trends using numerical and statistical techniques
- Support senior management in negotiations, contract development, due diligence, and business development
- Manage and lead other members of the planning team, providing leadership and coaching
- Inspire and empower individuals within the portfolio to deliver high-quality standards and outputs
- Undertake tasks required to fulfill project or assignment requirements
- Provide performance management, technical and career development
- Collaborate towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition, proactively managing associated carbon emissions and reductions during project delivery

Experience
- Expert knowledge of schedule management tools and software
- Mastery in setting up effective planning and schedule management systems and procedures
- Ability to manage activities with significant uncertainty of solution or outcome
- Multi-industry construction experience
- Experience managing other planners or a small planning team
- Solid knowledge and experience implementing Earned Value Management reporting
- Experience in large scale, high value construction projects, especially in an aviation environment (desirable)

About You
- Strong communication and collaborative skills to develop and maintain relationships with clients and project stakeholders
- Ability to manage and resolve conflicts with clients or project stakeholders
- Positive 'can do' attitude with full accountability
- Excellent attention to detail with ability to validate and check schedule management inputs, recordings, and reports, providing commentary and analysis (desirable)

Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent with professional work experience in Construction, Programme, Project, or Commercial Management disciplines
- Relevant CSCS Card (desirable)
- Working towards Chartered or registered membership of a relevant institution or accreditation from a recognised industry body (e.g. APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA) (desirable)