Job Description
Title: Lead Planning Manager
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)
Salary: £100-120,000 + package
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly experienced Lead Planning Manager with strong management skills to join a leading main contractor based in Birmingham. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for planning strategy across a diverse portfolio of major construction projects throughout the Midlands.
The Role
As Planning Manager, you will take full ownership of the regional planning function, overseeing a team of approximately 10 Planning Engineers and providing strategic planning leadership across a project portfolio valued at circa £3bn.
You will work closely with regional directors, project teams, and commercial leads to ensure robust, realistic programmes are developed, maintained, and communicated, supporting successful project delivery from pre-construction through to completion.