Lead MEP And Construction Planner

LEAD MEP AND CONSTRUCTION PLANNER

Salary: £90,000-£100,000 per annum

Location:

Kings Cross, with an agile working model including project/site and office attendance.

Our client is seeking an experienced Lead MEP and Construction Planner to provide leadership and development of the planning function across the business. This is a senior opportunity for an established planning professional who can lead a team of planners, maintain high standards of programme delivery and provide strategic planning support from tender and pre-construction through to project completion.

The role combines hands‑on project planning with team leadership, process improvement and the continued development of planning capability. The successful candidate will work closely with senior management, clients, engineering, commercial, estimating and project teams.

• Lead, mentor and manage a team of planners, ensuring high standards of planning delivery across projects.
• Develop and maintain robust project programmes aligned with project and business objectives.
• Oversee planning activities across estimation, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover.
• Develop programmes from first principles, including quantity take-offs, productivity assessments, duration calculations and logical sequencing.
• Monitor programme performance, identify risks and opportunities, and drive corrective actions and recovery plans.
• Collaborate with clients, project teams, supply chain partners and stakeholders to manage interfaces and key milestones.
• Provide commercial insight into programme impacts, productivity rates, resource requirements and sequencing strategies.
• Prepare and present programme updates, progress reports, labour efficiency analysis and mitigation plans.
• Lead planning workshops, programme reviews and governance activities.
• Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, systems, reporting and best practice.
• Support the development of planning standards, templates and procedures.

Create compliant, robust programmes from first principles, interpreting drawings, completing quantity take-offs, applying productivity/output rates, assessing resource requirements and determining realistic activity durations.

Establish logical construction sequences that reflect efficient and collaborative delivery methodologies.

Produce detailed estimation, pre‑construction, design, fabrication, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover programmes.

Ensure programmes are regularly updated and accurately reflect current project status.

Integrate MEP services activities with wider construction programmes.

Use Asta Power project as the primary operational planning tool for weekly programme reviews, look‑ahead planning, progress updates and detailed programme drill downs.

Chair and facilitate weekly programme review meetings with engineering, commercial and project teams.

Monitor critical path activities, programme float, productivity trends and key project milestones.

Maintain programme integrity between Asta Power project and Primavera P6.

Produce and maintain client‑facing Primavera P6 programmes in line with contractual requirements and reporting cycles.

Monitor programme performance against agreed baselines.

Identify programme risks, constraints, delays and opportunities, implementing appropriate mitigation.

Analyse critical path activities and programme impacts arising from changes, delays or disruption.

Drive corrective actions to maintain project milestones and completion dates.

Support project teams with recovery and acceleration plans where required.

Work collaboratively with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers and…