Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. As Senior Planning Manager, you will be accountable for managing the planning function across projects and tenders, ensuring effective scheduling, monitoring, and control. You will support project delivery to achieve timely and profitable outcomes, with responsibility for planning medium to high-complexity projects, portfolios, or key sections of major programmes.

You will own all aspects of the planning process including the integrated programme, critical paths, client programmes, and the analysis and acceptance of contractor programmes. Ensuring cost loading of programmes to the appropriate level of cost and progress capture will be key. You will analyse contractor programmes and provide feedback to project management including run rates, schedule risks, and mitigation measures/opportunities.

Your role will include leading all aspects of contractual management for programme related events, directing key assignments, strengthening planning performance, and ensuring effective project scheduling and monitoring. You will support strategic development, due diligence, and sustainable business growth while fostering collaboration, sharing best practice, and building strong internal and external stakeholder relationships.

Mace values safety first, client focus, integrity, and creating opportunity for people to excel. We champion a safe, diverse, and inclusive working environment and are committed to wellbeing, quality deliverables, positive industry influence, and continuous improvement culture.

Mace is an inclusive employer welcoming candidates from diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications even if you do not meet all criteria, and we are open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options where suitable within the role.

Experience
Degree qualified with seven years’ relevant experience in linear infrastructure delivery. Proven commercial acumen and senior stakeholder management. Strong planning and infrastructure project expertise. Experienced leader with sustainability and carbon awareness.

About you
Professional membership or equivalent development. Ability to lead all aspects of contractual management for programme related events. Strong collaboration skills to share best practice and build strong stakeholder relationships. Commitment to safety, client focus, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Degree qualification in a relevant field. Professional membership or equivalent development is required.