Graduate Trainee Construction Planner in Rotherham

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 Transmission Substations and Renewable Connections 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.

What will you be doing? As a Senior Planner, you’ll be part of our planning department who are responsible for producing robust and detailed programmes for all works associated with the design, procurement and construction phases of the projects. We’re looking for someone with Primavera P6 experience to join the team on our Rotherham site which will include travel to our Nottingham or Birmingham offices when required. This is a Hybrid role.

• Develop, optimise and implement construction programmes, coordinating resources, outages, consents and wayleaves
• Produce detailed progress trackers for weekly reporting
• Support the Head of Planning and planning team in building a strong planning culture
• Help integrate the company’s cost management system for automated CPI/SPI reporting and robust processes
• Champion programme management procedures, policies and standards
• Participate in project handover meetings with Bid, Project Management and QS teams
• Work closely with Project Managers and QS to maximise project performance and attend site meetings as needed
• Provide planning input during tender stages
• Represent the business at client meetings and meet KPI-driven deadlines
• Gather benchmarking data to support value-for-money assessments
• Manage risk, issue and opportunity registers in line with change management processes
• Keep up to date with new planning techniques, technologies and initiatives
• Contribute to delivering a coordinated business improvement agenda
• Collaborate with commercial and financial members of the Planning & Systems team
• Monitor programme compliance with contractual obligations
• Support achievement of business/project targets, manage risks, control costs and ensure safe, compliant delivery
• Contribute to shaping strategic objectives

What you’ll bring:

• Competent in the following planning software: Primavera P6 & Microsoft Project
• Experience of NEC contracts, earned value, change and risk management
• Experience of working in the Energy transmission construction sector (specifically substation builds) would be advantageous but we will consider major infrastructure experience
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across sites

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 are one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting 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.