Senior Project Planning Manager

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Mace Full time

At Mace, we are redefining the boundaries of ambition. Our purpose is to create responsible places that bring transformative impact to our people, communities, and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site. https://strategy.macegroup.com/2026-business-strategy/p/1

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential of every project. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. They are:

Safety First - Going Home Safe and Well
  • Lead and maintain exceptional safety, quality, cost, programme, sustainability, and project compliance standards.
  • Possess expertise in local health and safety rules and regulations relevant to the project portfolio.
  • Champion a diverse and inclusive working environment and understand the importance of the wellbeing of the people you manage.
Client Focus - Deliver on Our Promise
  • Manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives.
  • Support the long-term success of planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals.
  • Support the planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored.
  • Leads the application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques, and tools.
  • Good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, earned value management (EVM), project controls methodologies.
  • Communicate effectively with the client, project team, and stakeholders.
  • Influence on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively.
  • Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for team/individual development.
  • Influences the client to accept proposals and recommendations.
  • Undertakes tasks required to fulfill the requirements of the project/assignment.
  • Works collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.
Integrity - Always Do the Right Thing
  • Support senior management in negotiations, contract development, and other business development, ensuring that due diligence is applied.
  • Support the long-term development of strategy for a function or Business Unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future.
  • 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
  • Support your project team and provide an environment to share knowledge and experience.
  • Actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilizing the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centres of excellence, Mace way control centre, and knowledge hub.
  • Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders, both internal and external.

Key Requirements:

  • Excellent written communication skills, clear and concise.
  • In-depth knowledge of schedule management tools and software.
  • Stays up to date with current key industry/professional trends.
  • Multi-industry construction experience.
  • Delivers service excellence.
  • Problem-solving.
  • Strong management skills and talent development.
  • Develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders (internal and external).
  • Significant experience in the use of planning techniques in a range of multi-disciplinary sectors.
  • Ideal degree educated, preferably in a construction/engineering discipline (or equivalent).

Desirable Requirements:

  • Relevant qualifications specific to local requirements.
  • Membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA, or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development.
  • Extensive experience in the successful planning of projects and programmes in the defence sector.
  • Deep property or infrastructure project management expertise.
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen.
  • Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams.
  • Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders.
  • Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on.

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