Planning Consultant

Location/s: Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham, Belfast, London; UK
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the business unit
Mott MacDonald’s Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers both project, programme & commercial management (PPCM) services and advisory solutions across the built environment, defence, energy, water, environmental, transportation, health and care sectors. 

We deliver tailored solutions that directly address our clients’ key challenges, combining our world-leading project expertise with unrivalled programme delivery capabilities and advisory services.

APD delivers services to projects ranging in scale and complexity up to £20bn, through the technical disciplines of programme management, project management, project controls, scheduling, cost management, estimating, infrastructure finance, management consulting, digital consulting and education, health and care management.

Overview of role

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Planning Consultant to join our growing team. This role offers the opportunity to work across a variety of projects and industries, supporting project leads in delivering value to our clients and contributing to the ongoing development of our business. 

What you will bring to the team 

• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to develop, manage, and maintain high-quality project schedules. 
• Support project managers in the successful delivery of project plans throughout the lifecycle. 
• Monitor and track progress against schedules, identifying risks, issues, and opportunities for improvement. 
• Provide planning insights and recommendations to project teams using established tools and methodologies. 
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support business development activities where appropriate. 

Essential   

• Proven experience as a Project Planner, with a solid understanding of planning, monitoring, and controlling project delivery across various industries and contract types. 
• Strong attention to detail and a results-driven approach, with the ability to work independently or as part of a team. 
• Ability to create and maintain detailed project schedules based on technical data or scope statements, including integration of resource and cost data. 
• Capable of documenting and presenting project schedules in internal or client-facing assurance reviews. 
• Experience coordinating with stakeholders to assess progress at activity, WBS, and project levels. 
• Analytical skills to interpret schedule variances and support the development of corrective actions to improve performance. 
• Proficient in preparing and presenting progress reports and planning summaries to both internal teams and clients. 
• Familiarity with schedule assurance techniques (e.g., DCMA) and ability to document and present findings. 
• Competent in using planning software, particularly Oracle Primavera and Microsoft Project. 
• Understanding of key project control concepts, including estimating, risk management, and cost control, with experience collaborating across disciplines. 

Desirable   

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant field. 
• Experience working in complex or highly regulated industries. 
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to manage challenging situations with professionalism and integrity. 
• Exposure to business development or proposal support activities. 
• Experience across the full project lifecycle, from concept through to commissioning. 
• Effective communicator with the ability to build strong working relationships. 
• Commercial awareness and sound judgment. 
• Working knowledge of reporting tools such as Safran and Power BI. 

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.