Associate Director - Planning

About the Role

• Lead safety initiatives, ensuring compliance, wellbeing, and inclusive behaviours. • Drive project delivery, planning, and performance to meet client and business goals. • Manage risks, contracts, and sustainable outcomes with integrity. • Mentor and inspire teams, fostering innovation, collaboration, and talent development. • Lead planning and scheduling for complex projects using Earned Value Management and project controls. • Advise on requirements, analysis, and corrective actions while maintaining effective stakeholder communication. • Support senior management in negotiations, contracts, and achieving sustainable business outcomes. • Inspire teams, boost performance, and champion the net‑zero carbon transition.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸safety
• ▸project delivery
• ▸risk management
• ▸earned value
• ▸stakeholder communication
• ▸net‑zero

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. Mace is a delivery partner seeking high‑calibre, experienced professionals to lead integrated teams through every phase of a project. • Hold Chartered membership or equivalent professional development. • Demonstrate expertise in planning and delivering complex property or infrastructure projects. • Exhibit strong commercial acumen and leadership of diverse teams and senior stakeholders. • Possess sustainability focus, advanced scheduling knowledge, and a relevant degree or equivalent experience.

Requirements

• ▸chartered
• ▸scheduling
• ▸sustainability
• ▸degree
• ▸leadership
• ▸commercial

Benefits

Mace welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and encourages applications even if all criteria are not met; flexible, part‑time, and hybrid working options are available where suitable.

Work Environment

Hybrid