Senior Planning Engineer

Balfour Beatty Power Transmission & Distribution is currently recruiting for a Senior Planning Engineer to support the successful delivery of a major substation project at Bramford.

This role will require regular site attendance at Bramford Substation, with your local Balfour Beatty office acting as your contractual base. Working as part of a high-performing team, you will play a critical role in planning and delivering infrastructure that supports the UK's transition to Net Zero.

As a Senior Planning Engineer, you'll be at the heart of a major power infrastructure project, influencing delivery from concept through to completion. This is an opportunity to work on a complex, high-profile programme while benefiting from genuine flexibility, career progression, and the support of one of the UK's leading infrastructure organisations.

• Developing, maintaining and managing fully resourced project programmes.
• Leading planning activities across tender, pre‑construction and delivery phases.
• Producing and presenting tender programmes and planning strategies.
• Analysing programme performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and implementing mitigation measures.
• Managing change, progress reporting and earned value analysis.
• Providing insightful planning reports, dashboards and KPIs to project stakeholders.
• Supporting project teams in achieving programme milestones and contractual requirements.
• Mentoring and developing junior planners within the business.
• Driving continuous improvement in planning processes, tools and methodologies.

• A degree in Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Significant planning experience within major infrastructure, utilities, power or energy projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, Asta Power project and associated reporting tools.
• A strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
• Experience in earned value management, QSRA and programme risk management.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• The ability to lead planning activities independently whilst supporting wider project teams.

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.

• Competitive salary
• Company car or car allowance
• Smart working and flexible working arrangements
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution
• Family-friendly policies, including:
• 28 weeks' full pay for maternity/adoption leave
• Four weeks' full pay for paternity/partner leave
• Professional membership support and development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Share incentive plan
• Volunteering leave and recognition schemes

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in‑house experts, flexible resources and industry‑leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

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