Planning Director

Mott MacDonald

  • East Anglia London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
Candidate SpecificationProfessional Development
  • Shape, share, and support technical excellence to ensure we are aligned to industry best practice
  • Support the Head of Planning and Technical Principal for Planning in ensuring annual professional development objectives for all staff are communicated, aligned, set, supported, and achieved
  • Encourage and drive the attainment of professional body membership and accreditation for all staff
  • Support the Early Careers team (ECP) facilitate the annual Graduate Scheme and all other ECP-related activities, including the ECP Lead for Planning
  • Ensure there is a clear plan of evolving leadership development and succession for the practice
  • Ensure our discipline digital delivery capabilities, services, and initiatives are continuously improved
Resource Management
  • Ensure the wellbeing, health, and safety of all staff is the highest priority
  • Encourage and drive a collaborative, positive, and supportive culture within the team
  • Support the Head of Planning to ensure sufficient staff with the required capabilities are available to deliver current workload and meet the strategy for growth, and ensure all staff have equal visibility and opportunity of applicable roles
  • Line manage staff and actively support other discipline line managers to conduct this role effectively
Business Development
  • Support the Head of Planning and Account Leads in communicating our service offering to clients
  • Support bid or tender development and review activities as required as a subject matter expert
  • Lead and support business development and work winning activities in relation to Planning, including input to bids and development of relevant case studies and plaudits
  • Ensure our discipline capabilities are a fundamental value proposition to our projects and clients
To be successful within this role the candidate needs to meet the following criteria:
  • Demonstrable functional, technical, and operational leadership experience in a Senior Planning role
  • Demonstrable ability to professionally develop, encourage, support, and lead a functional team whilst overseeing multiple projects and operational business workstreams concurrently
  • Effective business management system, communication, leadership, and organisation skills
  • Extensive experience in multiple project, programme, portfolio, and organisational environments
  • Extensive experience of key contract, engineering and design delivery, and construction management principles across multiple industry and client environments
  • Demonstrable experience in planning and co-ordinating functional resources for operational purpose
  • Extensive experience and demonstrable practical knowledge in forms of contract (preferably NEC with a recognised professional body accreditation)
  • Demonstrable experience of establishing and driving professional best practice industry standards
  • Demonstrable experienced of leading and supporting effective business development activities
  • Demonstrable knowledge and application of contemporary industry innovation including data, digital, and emergent artificial intelligence initiatives
  • Chartered status with a recognised professional body
Job DescriptionDo you want to work for a company whose purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes, and to transform businesses, communities, and opportunities for its employees?We are looking for a Planning Director who is a recognised subject matter expert with a high level of demonstrable expertise in Planning and related professional activities. The individual will provide functional, technical, and operational leadership. They will work closely with the Head of Planning, Specialist Advisory Portfolio Leads, and Account Leads to define and deliver the Unit's strategic priorities, whilst promoting and continuously evolving our service and solution capabilities.The ideal candidate will be expected to demonstrate the following within their role:
Operational and Technical Leadership
  • Actively engage project delivery, collaborating with clients, and stakeholders to achieve positive input and solutions to day-to-day challenges - minimising risk of poor performance and maximising opportunities for success
  • Represent the Specialist Advisory Portfolio and Mott MacDonald at relevant industry conferences and events through networking, marketing, and presentation initiatives
  • Play an active role in establishing collaborative relationships with appropriate professional bodies
  • Lead the setting and achievement of annual professional development objectives for all staff in the discipline in support of the Head of Planning and Technical Principal for Planning
  • Develop collaborative relationships across the Specialist Advisory Portfolio capabilities, other units and regions, and the wider professional community to promote collaborative, connected thinking, and opportunities for growth.
  • Work with internal and external digital innovation communities to identify and track new ideas, and support our digital delivery capabilities in developing solutions to drive efficiency and innovation
  • Undertake project reviews as subject matter expert for independent and technical assurance
  • Support Account Leads in communicating and developing our capability, service, and solution offering to clients
  • Plan, manage, drive, and support committed Planning practice initiatives
  • Actively promote networking, best practice, and lessons awareness across the discipline practice
Contract TypePermanentDisciplineProject controls, Project programme and commercial managementJob ProfileAbout the business unit
The Advisory and Programme Delivery (APD) unit delivers management services in all the sectors that Mott MacDonald operate in the Built Environment, Defence, Energy, Water, Transportation and, Education, Health and Care.The Unit 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.How to apply
To apply for this role, please complete our 15-minute application via our website. Our talent acquisition coordinators aim to provide feedback within 5 working days with the outcome of your application. More information about our application process can be found . If you have any questions regarding your application or the role, please reach out to the dedicated recruiter listed who will be more than happy to help.Did you know that Mott MacDonald is one of the world's largest employee-owned businesses? This means that we are not accountable to external stakeholders and are in control of our own future. This creates a unique culture where decisions are made for the benefit of the staff/company over the long term.We are proud to be a one of Glassdoor's top 25 employers to work for in the UK in 2023, as well as being recognised by the and market and consumer data company Statista as one of the UK's leading and highly recommended management consultants in: Construction & Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities & Environment, Public & Social Sector, Sustainability, and Travel, Transport & Logistics.We offer some fantastic benefits including:
  • Pension matched up to 7%
  • Life insurance
  • An annual professional institution subscription
  • Continuous development opportunities - because we want you to thrive
  • Agile/flexible working - because life isn't 9-5
  • Enhanced parental leave; shared parental leave policies - for parents and care givers
  • Annual bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits that suit you, including ability to buy/sell annual leave entitlement, cycle to work & interest free season ticket loans
  • Wellbeing support including access to an independent Employer Assistance Scheme, wellbeing champions and access to learning and support resources
  • Access to our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability and parents/carers communities
  • The opportunity to make a difference; learn more about our
Recruiter ContactDavid McFallWebsite RegionEurope and Central AsiaWebsite SectorProject managementSectorAdvisoryJob details page imageWork patternFull timeOther InformationEquality, 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 have the opportunity to contribute.If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments 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 assist.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 embrace agility, flexibility and trust.More about Mott MacDonald
We're a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence.

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