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Description And Requirements
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an
inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
We are looking for a Planning Manager to join our Infrastructure Roads team in Bedfordshire.
What you'll do:
- Develop and implement the planning approach for projects, aligning with both customer and Skanska’s requirements to positively impact project delivery.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the project planning team to deliver high-quality planning outputs.
- Establish a collaborative project-level planning approach that actively engages the entire project team through diverse programme presentations including time chainage, 4D modelling, short-term planning, and phasing diagrams.
- Interrogate programmes to identify improvements, reduce risks, and address potential issues across the project lifecycle.
- Collaborate with the project controls team to create adaptable planning reports that maximize automation, enabling planners to focus on value-added tasks.
- Monitor programme trends across projects and develop strategies to exploit positive trends or mitigate negative ones.
- Conduct regular peer reviews of programmes, challenging both planners and wider project teams to ensure continuous improvement.
- Act as the key liaison between planning and customers to ensure clear communication of programme status, risks, and trends.
- Collaborate with the wider planning community to share best practices and innovations.
What you'll bring to the role:
- Proven track record in production delivery roles such as site engineering.
- Significant planning experience within a infrastructure contractor environment, ideally in highways projects.
- Expertise in various methods of planning and familiarity with multiple planning software tools.
- Strong understanding of construction market dynamics including all project stages, construction methods, plant, equipment, and labour requirements.
- Technical knowledge of construction techniques developed through formal education (Degree/HNC/HND in Civil Engineering or Construction) combined with practical site management experience.
- Deep understanding of contractual impacts on project timelines and how these are managed within programmes.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results while focusing on customer satisfaction.
- Excellent communication skills for engaging with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Strong collaborative mindset aligned with improving business processes and driving sustainability.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
Flexible working
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using
[email protected] if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More Information About The Role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. For a full role profile, please contact us:
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