Mace
Delivery consultants & construction experts transforming visions into built reality.
Associate Director - Planning
Lead planning, scheduling, and project controls across complex construction portfolios.
Job Highlights
About the Role
Accountable for the planning function across defined portfolios, ensuring effective planning, scheduling and monitoring of projects and tenders, and driving consistent deployment of planning and project controls procedures across complex projects and business units. • Manage planning delivery across assignments and business areas, aligned to strategic objectives and performance goals. • Influence negotiations, governance and long‑term functional strategy with integrity and commercial rigour. • Develop and retain high‑performing, inclusive teams through mentoring, talent development and collaboration. • Plan and schedule delivery across medium to high complexity projects, programmes and portfolios. • Provide expert project controls, Earned Value Management and data‑driven analysis to influence complex requirements and corrective actions. • Manage, inspire and develop planning teams through performance management, coaching and technical leadership. • Support senior management in negotiations, business development and net zero carbon delivery. • Safety first – Going home safe and well: champion a safe, diverse and inclusive working environment, emphasizing wellbeing. • Create opportunity – For our people to excel: champion a continuous improvement culture, inspiring people and teams to develop.
Key Responsibilities
- ▸planning delivery
- ▸scheduling
- ▸project controls
- ▸earned value
- ▸data analysis
- ▸team development
What You Bring
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey. • Degree or equivalent with professional experience in construction, programme, project or commercial management. • Expert knowledge of schedule management tools and software. • Proven mastery in establishing effective planning and schedule management systems and procedures. • Confidence managing activities with significant uncertainty of solution or outcome.
Requirements
- ▸degree
- ▸scheduling software
- ▸planning
- ▸risk management
- ▸project management
Benefits
We are also open to discussing part‑time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.
Work Environment
Hybrid