Project Planner

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?

We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards.

We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.

This role will be within our Water Division, working on one of our current three frameworks with Scottish Water.

· SR21 DV1 : Capital works water and wastewater framework, delivered by the Caledonia Water Alliance (CWA) Joint Venture. Primarily infrastructure and civil engineering project improving network resilient and protecting the environment.

· SR21 DV2 : Predominantly MEICA based capital maintenance framework on existing water and wastewater assets. Upgrade, refurbishment and high value capital maintenance projects

· SR27 DV4 : The integrated design and construction of civil and infrastructure projects within SW 12 years enterprise arrangement. Project and progharmeme opportunities across the full capital investment programme.

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice, graduate, or progressing through your career, it’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group Water Scotland. Our Scottish Water frameworks offer long term career development opportunities and a diverse portfolio of roles within the water sector.

Want to be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

You’ll work with Delivery and Design Managers to develop, optimise and maintain integrated programmes across a portfolio of capital projects. Responsible for coordinating delivery demand and resource requirements across multiple workstreams, you will support planning and commercial activities throughout estimation, design and construction.

Ensuring compliance with NEC3 requirements, you’ll maintain consistent planning standards and monitor performance against agreed KPIs and SLAs. Through strong stakeholder engagement and collaborative planning sessions, you’ll drive accountability, improve coordination, and provide greater certainty of delivery. You’ll also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, helping to enhance programme performance and organisational effectiveness.

Skills & Knowledge Requirements

Do you have experience working on Primavera P6 at project and programme level?

Do you have effective communication skills and a proven track record in delivering efficiency savings?

Have you got commercial acumen and experience of NEC3 Option A, C and E forms of contract?

Do you possess strong working knowledge of CDM 2015 and associated health and safety legislation?

Experience in the Water Utilities sector and the delivery of capital projects is desirable, although not essential.

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

Contributory pension scheme

Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Employee assistance programme

My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts

Life assurance

Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes

Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave

Reward and recognition scheme

Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!

In addition, this role offers;

Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from

My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme

Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!

Private Healthcare – Single cover

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Discretionary bonus scheme

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 3 rd

party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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