Senior Planning Engineer – AI Optimisation NOWOŚĆ

Opis stanowiska

We’re looking for an experienced Optimisation Manager (Planning) to join our growing Services team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced construction planner who wants to move beyond traditional planning and into the future of project optimisation.

You’ll combine your planning expertise with AI-driven analytics, simulation modelling and advanced optimisation tools to help some of the world’s most complex infrastructure programmes improve certainty, reduce risk and deliver better outcomes.

Working alongside industry experts, data specialists and senior client teams, you’ll provide strategic insights that influence major delivery decisions across large-scale infrastructure projects.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an Optimisation Manager, you will:

• Use simulation, modelling and optimisation techniques to support project staging, sequencing, scheduling and re-baselining.
• Analyse complex project schedules using Akordi’s AI-enabled platform to identify opportunities across time, cost, risk and resource optimisation.
• Assess project performance, extracting lessons learned and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Identify critical schedule risks and work collaboratively with delivery teams to develop practical mitigation strategies.
• Produce clear, evidence-based reports, dashboards and visualisations for a wide range of stakeholders.
• Facilitate planning workshops, schedule reviews and technical discussions with clients and project teams.
• Collaborate with our Service Design & Delivery team and global specialists to continuously improve our services and products.
• Ensure all assessments align with recognised UK delivery frameworks, including NEC, PACE and GRIP/GRIP Lite.

What We’re Looking For

We’re interested in people who combine strong planning expertise with curiosity and a passion for innovation.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience delivering construction or infrastructure projects, ideally within major UK or Australian programmes.
• Practical planning experience gained on site or within a project environment.
• Strong capability in developing, analysing and optimising complex master schedules.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and a solid understanding of other scheduling and project controls tools.
• The ability to interpret engineering drawings, construction methodologies and delivery strategies.
• Excellent analytical, presentation and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex information clearly.
• A proactive, organised approach and the confidence to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team.
• A genuine interest in emerging technologies, AI and innovative approaches to project optimisation.