. At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site. Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project. As programme planner in property services at local authority, you’ll be part of a service that builds, develops and maintains thousands of schools, libraries, nursing homes, country parks and more, shaping everyday life and delivering public value across the county. The programme planner role sits in the pipeline & programmes team in property services. Our team of qualified programme managers, planners and project managers bring their experience of shaping and managing multi-million pound Property related programmes to ensure projects and programmes are delivered through a one team integrated approach. The team works alongside our clients to scope projects and programmes that will deliver construction related outputs to meet and exceed expectations. Property programmes include capital construction, maintenance, as well as transformation programmes. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of delivering projects and programmes within a multi-disciplinary environment, in a collaborative working style, either as a planner, design manager or project manager. They will have well developed interpersonal skills enabling them to build effective relationships with clients and officers at all levels of the client, as well as external client organisations, allowing them to provide constructive challenge and support. However, it is the scale and scope of your planning software skills, plus construction and multi-discipline design team experience that will mark you out. An effective planner who excels at both the strategic and practical aspects of project and programme delivery, you will bring a strong facilitation approach to developing the key relationships that are essential to the success of your programmes. Our values shape the way we consult, and define the people we want to join us on our journey\: Safety first - Going home safe and well: You will manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives. You will support the long-term success of planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals. You will support the planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored. Client focus - Deliver on our promise\: You will manage the delivery of key assignments and defined business areas, providing strategic direction and monitoring delivery aligned with overall vision and objectives. You will support the long-term success of planning performance for specified engines/sectors/hubs, and the overall contribution to the broader company goals. You will support the planning function in ensuring projects and tenders are effectively planned, scheduled, and monitored. Leads application of specific planning/scheduling methods, techniques and tools. Good working knowledge of planning/scheduling, EVM, project controls methodologies. Ability to advise on complex requirements and communicate analysis and corrective measures effectively. Able to manage planning/scheduling delivery of medium/high complexity projects/programmes. Ability to play key role in multidisciplinary teams and take lead role in creating plans or analysing trends using numerical and statistical techniques. Leads and manages a team of professionals delivering planning/schedule management services and responsible for staff development. Excellent written communication skills, clear & concise. As a planning/schedule management specialist, stays up to date with key industry/professional trends. In depth knowledge of schedule management tools & software. Able to provide effective & timely advice to clients. Understanding of data management. Clearly understands role & future career paths available from that position. Excellent attention to detail & able to validate & check schedule management inputs, recording & reports produced, providing basic commentary & analysis. Manages assistant and planning managers where required by the scale of the project. Day-to-day, this role involves developing and maintaining multiple project programmes and master programmes, in MS Project, through liaison and co-ordination with project teams to capture progress and forward plan for successful delivery. Using your experience, as well as team benchmark data, you will give advice on design, procurement and construction timelines. You will be in a unique position to ensure knowledge transfer and learning between projects. When necessary, you will facilitate process mapping or collaborative planning sessions. Using master programmes, you will inform, across a portfolio of projects, understanding of issues and opportunities in relation to governance, risk management, client management and resource mapping across the service. Persuading and influencing colleagues. Influences client to accept proposals and recommendations. Satisfying customer requirements. Tackling problems that don’t have an obvious solution. Delegating tasks to others. Selling the business and winning work. Creating and delivering persuasive presentations to large audiences. Spotting and developing talented individuals. Integrity - Always do the right thing\: You will support senior management in negotiations, contract development and other business development, ensuring that due diligence is applied. You will support the long term development of strategy for a function or business unit (BU), creating a sustainable business future. You will commit to making a positive impact for our people, our clients, and our planet, and take ownership for holding others to account who do not uphold the Mace values. Create opportunity for our people to excel\: You will support your project team and provide an environment to share knowledge and experience. You will actively network, innovate, and seek understanding of best practice, utilising the full depth of knowledge of Mace group, the centres of excellence, Mace way control centre and knowledge hub. You will develop and maintain effective communication and collaborative relationships with the client and other project stakeholders, both internal and external. You’ll need to have\: Exposure of working as a Primavera P6 project planner on large scale complex construction projects ideally for a tier 1 contractor or a client side consultancy. A construction related degree (civil/structural engineering, or construction/project management or equivalent). Digitally savvy, can build lasting client relationships and lead strong, motivated teams. Experience of working on large projects/programmes. A construction or project management background and be hungry to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace have to offer. To work in a large portfolio of projects Mentoring and upskilling of inexperienced planners Implementation of planning principles within the project management community Working with large range of stakeholders Planning of complicated construction new build/refurbishment projects and summarisation of these into portfolio level schedules. Experienced P6 user (P6 pro). Familiarisation with P6 EPPM (Web) – for config management. Management of large data sets into simple reporting formats, through coding and layout manipulation. Baseline control and config. Schedule import and export. You'll also have: NEC/JCT/D&B/CM Professional status and a relevant degree (or equivalent) are both desirable. Construction – living accommodation, offices, workshops, sports facilities, associated infrastructure. Familiarisation with other planning software – Microsoft Project, Asta Power Project. Schedule risk analysis (QSRA). P6 configuration management – user access, OBS creation and management, user profiles, OBS assignation. Set up and use of resources – future project not yet required. Use of P6 for EVM – future project not yet required. Membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, ICE, AACE, IRM, IEMA or equivalent demonstrable professional or personal development. Deep property or infrastructure project management expertise. Strong commercial and financial acumen. Leadership and management experience of large, diverse teams. Experience of managing relationships with key senior stakeholders. Knowledge of how carbon and sustainability considerations will shape the outlook of the projects you are working on. Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation. We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role. LI-Onsite