Planned Works Manager

About The Role

Are you ready to take a leading role in shaping the success of our high‑value planned works programmes? We’re looking for an inspiring and driven Planned Works Manager to join our Warwickshire Living Places team to lead our teams, champion Zero Harm, and deliver excellent results across our extensive planned works portfolio.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced operational environment, builds strong relationships, and leads with confidence and collaboration.

What you'll be doing

• Leading and inspiring Agents, Supervisors, direct delivery teams and SCPs
• Championing Zero Harm, sustainability and safe working culture
• Managing incident investigations and ensuring RAMs, SSOW and digital safety are in place
• Driving subcontractor engagement and leading pre-starts
• Delivering schemes safely, on time, on budget and to quality standards
• Acting as the first escalation point for clients and supply chain partners
• Integrating planning and site teams through strong short-term planning
• Maintaining accurate and disciplined site records

Allocating resources, plant, access and logistics effectively

Overseeing site mobilisation, operational readiness and site setup

Producing phasing, sequencing and logistical construction plans

Setting and maintaining high quality standards with a Right First Time approach

Ensuring delivery aligns with design, works orders and contract requirements

Identifying lessons learned and implementing improvements

Applying modern methods of construction where beneficial

Making informed commercial decisions with clear understanding of supply chain scope and contracts

Who we're looking for

• Extensive Highways experience
• Leads confidently and collaboratively
• Is highly organised with strong project delivery experience
• Builds excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Is proactive, solutions-focused, and passionate about safety and quality
• Thrives in a leadership role with large, complex operational programmes
  
  

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

• Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
• Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
  
  

About Us

Balfour Beatty Living Places works in long-term partnerships with local authorities to create great places to live, work and play. We actively engage with local people to understand the needs of the communities we work in and shape the places where local economies can thrive and grow. As a leader in sustainable working, diversity, and social value, we use our expertise to bring real, positive change for our customers.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that

it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: candidaterecruitmentqueries@balfourbeatty.com