Senior Planner

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our

Transmission & Renewables team . We design, build and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, ensuring the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity.

This is a hybrid role; 3 days working between sites on SSEN ASTI Framework & the office in Aberdeen / 2 days working remotely.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

As a

Senior Planner,

you’ll be part of our planning department who are responsible for producing robust and detailed programmes for all works associated with the design, procurement and construction phases of the projects. You’ll:

Develop, optimise and implement construction programmes, coordinating resources, outages, consents and wayleaves

Produce detailed progress trackers for weekly reporting

Support the Head of Commercial and planning team in building a strong planning culture

Help integrate the company’s cost management system for automated CPI/SPI reporting and robust processes

Champion programme management procedures, policies and standards

Participate in project handover meetings with Bid, Project Management and QS teams

Work closely with Project Managers and QS to maximise project performance and attend site meetings as needed

Provide planning input during tender stages

Represent the business at client meetings and meet KPI‑driven deadlines

Gather benchmarking data to support value‑for‑money assessments

Manage risk, issue and opportunity registers in line with change management processes

Keep up to date with new planning techniques, technologies and initiatives

Contribute to delivering a coordinated business improvement agenda.

Collaborate with commercial and financial members of the Planning & Systems team

Monitor programme compliance with contractual obligations

Support achievement of business/project targets, manage risks, control costs and ensure safe, compliant delivery

Contribute to shaping strategic objectives

What you’ll bring

Full UK driving licence –

willingness to travel across UK sites

Experience of working in the Energy sector would be advantageous but we will consider major infrastructure experience

Competent in the following planning software: Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project

Experience of earned value management and NEC contracts

Change management process

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Matched or contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from

My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme

Private health care and health care cash plan for you

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary bonus scheme

About us

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

We’re

responsible

and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet

We’re

open

and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations

We’re

together

and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

We’re

ambitious

and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note:

Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3 rd

party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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