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 Electricity Transmission 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.
You’ll be working between the Nottingham office and sites across England & Wales on a hybrid basis.
Want to come and be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
Are you ready to be a key part of our planning department? As a Senior Planner you’ll be part of a team responsible for producing robust and detailed programmes for all works associated with the design, procurement and construction phases of the projects. You’ll liaise with the Project/Construction Manager and Site Engineers to ensure the programme keeps abreast of any changes.
- Develop and optimise construction programmes, including resources, consents, outages, and wayleaves
- Create and maintain progress trackers for weekly reporting
- Collaborate with Commercial and Planning teams to embed planning culture across projects
- Support integration of cost systems for automated CPI/SPI reporting and robust controls
- Champion programme management standards and procedures
- Participate in project handovers and site/client meetings to ensure delivery and KPI compliance
- Provide planning input during tender stages
- Manage risk, issue, and opportunity registers in line with change management
- Benchmark project data to support value-for-money assessments
- Stay updated on planning tools and techniques to drive continuous improvement
- Work closely with commercial and finance teams to meet project targets and control costs
- Ensure programme compliance with contractual obligations
Do you have a strategic approach to planning and are passionate about business improvement? This role is for you!
What you’ll bring
- Competent in Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project
- Experience of earned value management and NEC contracts
- Change management process
- Experience working on Overhead Lines projects would be preferred
- Full UK driving licence – you’ll be travelling to sites across England & Wales
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
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Private health care and health care cash plan for you
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
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 army 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 3rd 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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