Strategic Planning Manager

3 days ago

Stansted, United Kingdom Mace Full time

About Mace

Mace is a leading international consultancy and construction company that delivers transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. Our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition, and we believe in creating responsible places that bring positive change.

Our Values

We are guided by our core values, which shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey:

Safety First

  • We are committed to leading and maintaining exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability, and project compliance standards.
  • We possess expertise in local Health and Safety rules and regulations relevant to our project portfolio.
  • We champion a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people we manage.

Client Focus

  • We manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with our overall vision and objectives.
  • We support the long-term success of Planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs and the overall contribution to our broader company goals.
  • We support the Planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.
  • We lead the application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques, and tools.
  • We have a good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, EVM, project controls methodologies.
  • We can advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
  • We can manage planning/scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity projects/programmes.
  • We can play a key role in multidisciplinary teams and take a lead role in creating plans or analysing trends using numerical and statistical techniques.
  • We lead and manage a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and are responsible for staff development.
  • We have excellent written communication skills, clear and concise.
  • We stay up to date with key industry/professional trends.
  • We have in-depth knowledge of schedule management tools and software.
  • We can provide effective and timely advice to clients.
  • We understand data management.
  • We clearly understand our role and future career paths available from that position.
  • We have excellent attention to detail and can validate and check schedule management inputs, recording, and reports produced, providing basic commentary and analysis.
  • We manage Assistants and seniors where required by the scale of the project.
  • We persuade and influence colleagues.
  • We influence clients to accept proposals and recommendations.
  • We satisfy customer requirements.
  • We tackle problems that don't have an obvious solution.
  • We delegate tasks to others.
  • We sell the business and win work.
  • We create and deliver persuasive presentations to large audiences.
  • We spot and develop talented individuals.

Integrity

  • We support senior management in negotiations, contract development, and other business development, ensuring that due diligence is applied.
  • We support the long-term development of strategy for a function or Business Unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
  • We commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values.

Create Opportunity for Our People to Excel

  • We support our project team and provide an environment to share knowledge and experience.
  • We actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace Group, the Centres of Excellence, Mace Way Control Centre, and Knowledge Hub.
  • We develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the Client and other project stakeholders, both internal and external.

This role offers a great opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of a diverse range of programmes for a wide variety of clients, using a commercial sector approach to deliver public value outcomes.

Requirements

  • We require exposure to working as a Primavera P6 project planner on large-scale complex construction projects ideally for a tier 1 contractor or a client-side consultancy.
  • We require a construction-related degree (civil/structural engineering, or construction/project management or equivalent).
  • We are digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships, and lead strong, motivated teams.
  • We have experience of working on large projects/programmes.
  • We require a construction or project management background and be hungry to grow our career and enjoy the opportunities Mace have to offer.
  • We work in a large portfolio of projects.
  • We mentor and upskill inexperienced planners.
  • We implement planning principles within the project management community.
  • We work with a large range of stakeholders.
  • We plan complicated construction new build/refurbishment projects and summarise these into portfolio-level schedules.
  • We are experienced P6 users (P6 Pro).
  • We are familiar with P6 EPPM (Web) – for config management.
  • We manage large data sets into simple reporting formats, through coding and layout manipulation.
  • We have baseline control and config.
  • We schedule import and export.

Additional Requirements

  • We have NEC/JCT/D&B/CM experience.
  • We have experience in construction – living accommodation, offices, workshops, sports facilities, associated infrastructure.
  • We are familiar with other planning software – Microsoft Project, Asta Power Project.
  • We have schedule risk analysis (QSRA) experience.
  • We have P6 configuration management – user access, OBS creation and management, user profiles, OBS assignation experience.
  • We set up and use of resources – future project not yet required.
  • We use P6 for EVM – future project not yet required.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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