Planning & Resource Manager

Job Description

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The Planning & Resource Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing resource allocation and project planning within the business. This is a permanent role, and requires candidates to be on-site 3 days a week in East London

Client Details

A Utilities business based in East London. This is a permanent role, and requires candidates to be on-site 3 days a week

Description

Integrated Project Planning & Scheduling:

• Develop, maintain and optimise fully logic-linked, resource-loaded project schedules across origination, design, consenting, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational handover.
• Establish and manage planning baselines, including critical path, float, resource curves, earned value metrics and schedule performance reporting.
• Ensure all schedules align to agreed WBS / OBS / CBS structures and enterprise planning standards using tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI and Excel.

Resource Planning & Capacity Management:

• Own the resource planning function across programmes, providing medium and long-term visibility of demand versus capacity across engineering, commercial, delivery and support functions.
• Work with functional leads to forecast resource requirements, identify constraints, and recommend mitigation strategies (re-sequencing, levelling, temporary uplift, external support).
• Maintain integrated resource plans that support prioritisation decisions, mobilisation planning and investment cases.

Integration of Schedule, Cost & Risk:

• Collaborate with Project Controls, Commercial and Delivery teams to integrate schedule, cost and risk into a single, coherent control environment.
• Support forecasting of key delivery outcomes (dates, resource utilisation, cost exposure) and highlight emerging risks or constraints.
• Undertake schedule risk assessments and scenario analysis to protect critical milestones.

Governance, Assurance & Reporting:

• Establish and maintain rigorous planning and resource governance processes, including assurance reviews, change control, supplier programme validation and performance reporting.
• Produce high-quality planning and resource intelligence for SLT, Board, lenders and regulators.
• Ensure planning and resourcing outputs comply with NEC / ECC contractual requirements, CDM regulations and company's governance standards..

Stakeholder, Supplier & Cross-Functional Coordination:

• Act as the central point for schedule and resource integration across internal teams (Origination, Development, Engineering, Commercial, Operations).
• Coordinate schedule inputs from external consultants, contractors and delivery partners, validating realism, interfaces and dependencies.

Continuous Improvement & Team Leadership:

• Drive continuous improvement of planning and resource management processes, tools, templates and reporting standards.
• Champion good practice in project and resource management, digital reporting and controls maturity.
• Support development of capability within planning and project teams through coaching, standards and lessons-learned feedback.

Profile

Technical Skills Required

• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project, including resource loading and levelling.
• Strong capability in integrated project controls (schedule, resource, cost and risk).
• High-quality analytical and reporting skills using Power BI and Excel.

Soft Skills Required

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong organisational discipline, analytical thinking and attention to detail.
• Ability to challenge constructively and influence decision-making at senior levels.
• Proactive, risk-aware and solutions-focused mindset.

Qualifications/Education Required

• Degree or HNC/HND in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline, or demonstrable experience in Planning and Resource Management
• Significant experience in planning and/or resource management roles within energy, utilities, construction or regulated infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing multi-project environments with constrained resources. xwzovoh
• Professional accreditation desirable (APM, PMI-SP, PRINCE2 or equivalent).

Job Offer

A competitive salary and benefits package, and a hybrid working model