P6 Planner

Manchester and the North West
Permanent appointments
Competitive salaries and benefits

Mercury Hampton is supporting several infrastructure delivery organisations with confidential senior appointments across planning, programme controls and project delivery.

The businesses we are working with operate across sectors including:

• Water and wastewater

• Energy and utilities

• Civil engineering

• Transportation

• Environmental infrastructure

• Major capital programmes

We are interested in speaking with experienced planning professionals who are operating at Senior Planner, Lead Planner, Planning Manager or Project Controls Manager level.

These opportunities are suited to individuals who can look beyond the management of a single project schedule and provide wider leadership across teams, programmes or portfolios.

Depending on your background and level of experience, responsibilities may include:

• Leading and developing project planning teams.

• Managing planning resources across multiple projects.

• Supporting the development of planning and project-controls capability.

• Establishing consistent programme standards and reporting processes.

• Reviewing schedules developed by project teams, contractors and supply-chain partners.

• Assessing programme logic, sequencing, float, critical paths and delivery assumptions.

• Managing baseline development, programme updates and change control.

• Supporting the assessment of delay, disruption and compensation events.

• Leading collaborative-planning sessions and programme-review meetings.

• Producing portfolio-level reporting for senior management and clients.

• Developing programme dashboards and performance reporting.

• Working closely with operational, engineering, commercial and design teams.

• Presenting programme risks, trends and recovery recommendations to senior stakeholders.

• Challenging unrealistic programmes and driving practical delivery outcomes.

We are particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate several of the following:

• Experience in a Planning Manager, Lead Planner, Senior Planner or Project Controls position.

• Responsibility for managing, supervising or mentoring planners.

• Experience working across several projects or a wider programme portfolio.

• Advanced Primavera P6 capability.

• Experience using Microsoft Project, Asta Powerproject or similar software.

• Strong understanding of NEC contracts and programme requirements.

• Experience managing accepted programmes, baselines and formal revisions.

• Involvement in compensation events, early warnings and programme-impact assessments.

• Experience leading programme reviews or collaborative-planning workshops.

• Strong construction-sequencing and delivery knowledge.

• Experience producing senior-level reports, dashboards and programme summaries.

• The confidence to challenge project teams, contractors and stakeholders.

• Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.

Experience using Power BI, CEMAR or other programme and contract-management systems would be beneficial.

Professional qualifications through APM or another relevant industry body would also be welcomed.

Candidates may come from a range of complex infrastructure environments, including:

• Water and wastewater treatment

• Utilities and pipelines

• Power and energy

• Rail and transportation

• Nuclear

• Major civil engineering

• Process engineering

• MEICA delivery

• Environmental and resilience programmes

Direct water-sector experience may be required for some appointments, although transferable experience from other regulated infrastructure sectors will also be considered.

The opportunities we are supporting include roles offering:

• Leadership responsibility across major capital programmes.

• Long-term project and framework pipelines.

• The opportunity to shape planning standards and team capability.

• Exposure to senior operational and client stakeholders.

• Clear progression into broader project-controls or programme leadership.

• Competitive salaries, car or travel allowances and comprehensive benefits.

• Professional-development and chartership support.

• Flexible or hybrid working arrangements, depending on the appointment.

All initial conversations will be handled discreetly.

Employer identities, project details, reporting structures and salary packages will be discussed individually once we have established which opportunities are most relevant to your experience.

Applications and enquiries will not be shared with any organisation without prior discussion and permission.