The Planning and Resource Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing resource allocation and project planning within the business. This is a permanent role, and requires candidates to be on-site 3 days a week in East London Client DetailsA rapidly growing Utilities business based in East London. This is a permanent role, and requires candidates to be on-site 3 days a week DescriptionIntegrated Project Planning and Scheduling:Develop, maintain and optimise fully logic-linked, resource-loaded project schedules across origination, design, consenting, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational handover.Establish and manage planning baselines, including critical path, float, resource curves, earned value metrics and schedule performance reporting.Ensure all schedules align to agreed WBS / OBS / CBS structures and enterprise planning standards using tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, Power BI and Excel.Resource Planning and Capacity Management:Own the resource planning function across programmes, providing medium and long-term visibility of demand versus capacity across engineering, commercial, delivery and support functions.Work with functional leads to forecast resource requirements, identify constraints, and recommend mitigation strategies (re-sequencing, levelling, temporary uplift, external support).Maintain integrated resource plans that support prioritisation decisions, mobilisation planning and investment cases. Integration of Schedule, Cost and Risk: