Senior Planning Manager – Healthcare

Overview

In this role, you will drive planning excellence for a multi-million-pound healthcare programme, shaping outcomes through robust planning, scheduling, and earned value management. You will lead a planning team, deliver schedule management services, and advise on project controls to support profitable, on-time delivery. You’ll collaborate with clients and stakeholders to advance net-zero goals while upholding integrity and governance. This is a growth-focused opportunity to influence major projects within a values-driven, inclusive culture at Mace.

Pay / Benefits

• On-site working
• Flexible, part-time and hybrid options
• Inclusive employer
• Growth and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Managing application of planning and scheduling methodologies, tools and earned value management
• Providing expert project controls advice, influencing complex requirements, analysis and corrective actions
• Managing and developing high-performing planning teams, delivering schedule management services
• Collaborating with clients and stakeholders to deliver profitable outcomes and net zero transition
• Providing strategic leadership for planning delivery across projects, tenders and defined business areas
• Supporting negotiations, governance and long-term functional strategy with integrity and due diligence
• Developing inclusive, high-performing teams through collaboration, knowledge sharing and client engagement

Key requirements

• Extensive experience applying planning techniques across complex, multi-disciplinary sectors
• Degree educated in construction or engineering, or equivalent professional qualification
• Advanced knowledge of schedule management tools and industry-standard software
• Clear, concise communicator with strong awareness of emerging industry and professional trends

• Clear and concise communication
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Integrity and due diligence
• Client engagement and relationship building
• Schedule management tools
• Industry-standard software for planning and controls

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