Planning Engineer

About the role

Join our Power Transmission & Distribution team as a Planning Engineer and play a key role in delivering the Bramford Substation project in Suffolk, supporting the UK's transition to Net Zero.

Working on a major transmission infrastructure project, you will be responsible for developing, managing, and maintaining project programmes from pre-construction through to commissioning and handover.

This is an opportunity to contribute to a nationally significant energy project while working alongside industry-leading professionals in a collaborative and forward-thinking environment.

What you'll be doing

As a Planning Engineer, you will support the successful delivery of the Bramford Substation project through effective programme management and planning excellence.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and maintain fully resourced, logically linked project programmes across all stages of the project lifecycle.


• Create and manage baseline schedules, ensuring alignment with project scope, milestones, and delivery objectives.


• Monitor progress against programme targets and identify opportunities to improve performance.


• Analyse programme risks, critical paths, float consumption, and potential delays, implementing mitigation measures where required.


• Support change management processes by assessing programme impacts and maintaining accurate records.


• Produce regular planning reports, dashboards, KPIs, and strategic insights for project leadership and client stakeholders.


• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, commercial teams, suppliers, and clients to ensure programme alignment.


• Support the preparation and maintenance of short-term lookaheads and integrated delivery schedules.


• Contribute to tender planning and scenario analysis where required.


• Promote planning best practice and support the development of junior planning team members.

Who we're looking for

We are seeking an experienced planning professional with a strong background in major infrastructure and energy projects.

You will have:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline.


• Proven experience in a Planning Engineer role within power transmission, utilities, energy, or major infrastructure projects.


• Experience working on substation, transmission, civil engineering, or multidisciplinary construction projects.


• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or Asta Powerproject.


• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience producing planning reports and dashboards.


• A sound understanding of NEC3 and NEC4 contracts.


• Knowledge of earned value management, quantitative schedule risk analysis (QSRA), and time risk allowance (TRA) methodologies.


• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.


• The ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.


• Membership of a relevant professional body or progress towards chartership would be advantageous.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About us

Balfour Beatty’s Power Transmission & Distribution teams work with regional, national and international electricity network owners and operators to provide technical engineering solutions across the full spectrum of the electricity grid, including overhead lines, cabling, substations and distribution networks.

From scoping and feasibility, to design, construction and on-going maintenance, our in-house experts, flexible resources and industry-leading innovations support customers in the development of some of the UK’s most ambitious power transmission and distribution projects.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty, we want everyone to be able to thrive and achieve their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. We’re making great progress through our Value Everyone DEI Action Plan, but we know we’ve got more to do.  Find out more about our values and DEI initiatives. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview. 

We are committed to our processes being barrier-free and will support adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please let the recruiter for this role know if you require any adjustments. 

We’re looking to continually improve our recruitment process, so if you have any feedback, please share this with us via candidaterecruitmentenquiries@balfourbeatty.com