Head of Planning

Act as the Sub-Division functional lead for Planning, setting consistent standards, governance and expectations across all Business Units in line with the STRA-PLAN procedures and guidance. Develop and maintain the Planning Strategy and Operating Model covering tender, pre-construction, baseline, delivery, recovery and completion programmes Provide functional leadership, support and challenge to Business Unit planning teams while operational accountability remains within the Business Units. Ensure compliance with business programme standards for WBS and coding, logic, critical path, milestones, baselines, progress measurement, updating and forecasting. Lead consistent use of Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject and Aphex, supporting standardised configuration principles, data standards, reporting conventions and system governance. Establish proportionate programme assurance at key bid, mobilisation, baseline and delivery gateways, supporting recovery and mitigation where required. Ensure programmes properly integrate construction methodology, design, procurement, temporary works, logistics, commissioning and other key delivery constraints. Work with Commercial leadership so programme information supports contract administration, change management and assessment of delay and disruption. Develop integrated project controls linking programme information with design, procurement, cost, commercial, risk and production data Lead the development of 4D planning and support 5D integration, connecting model, programme, quantity and cost information within a common project-data environment. Support the integration of planning KPIs, programme-health measures and dashboards providing objective information on performance, forecast outcomes and emerging risk. Capture actual project performance and lessons learned to improve tender assumptions, productivity benchmarks, sequencing and forecasting. Develop planning capability through competency standards, mentoring, training, recruitment support, succession planning and communities of practice. Promote planning approaches that improve sequencing, logistics and resource efficiency and support reductions in waste and avoidable carbon impact. Support Sub-Division growth, new markets and acquisitions by assessing planning capability, systems, processes and integration requirements. Ensure the production of as-built data accumulated from the works to allow feedback to the Preconstruction Team, and availability to the wider Planning team. Encourage sharing of information and best practise and communication between Sub-Divisions and Business Units. Reporting of data and progress to the UK Director of Planning.