MEP Planner

Job Description

MEP Project Planner

Sector: Data Centre

Location: London

Salary: £80,000 – £110,000 + Benefits Package

Type: Permanent or Freelance, CIS or Ltd

About the Business

Our client is a leading UK-based MEP contractor delivering complex, high-value projects across critical environments including data centres, life sciences, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing. They are known for their strong delivery capability, technical expertise, and long-term involvement on major infrastructure schemes.

The Role

This is an opportunity to take a lead planning role on a major data centre project in London. The project is currently in pre-construction and is expected to run for approximately three years, with an MEP value of circa £20m. You will operate on a largely standalone basis, owning the programme from pre-construction through delivery, while collaborating with senior leadership and project teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and own the overall MEP programme, ensuring alignment with project milestones and strategic objectives
• Produce high-level, resource-loaded programmes and track progress against key deliverables
• Coordinate with design, procurement, and construction teams to ensure realistic sequencing and integration of MEP activities
• Identify critical path items and proactively resolve potential programme delays
• Monitor risk and opportunity within the programme and provide solutions to mitigate schedule and delivery impacts
• Lead planning processes and ensure accurate baseline data and reporting to senior stakeholders
• Manage internal and external stakeholder expectations through clear reporting, progress updates, and programme briefings
• Mentor and support junior planners where required, ensuring team alignment and consistency in planning processes
• Interface with project controls and commercial teams to provide programme input for cost management and forecasting

Key Requirements

• Strong experience planning large-scale MEP projects, ideally within the data centre sector
• Experience in fast-paced sectors such as pharma or life sciences also considered
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in a senior planning role
• Proficient in Primavera P6, Asta Powerproject, Excel, and Cincro
• Comfortable taking ownership of planning activities independently with senior-level stakeholder engagement

What’s on Offer

• Salary £80,000 – £110,000
• Benefits package including 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Permanent role , but contract/freelance options will be considered
• Join a well-established planning team with multiple planners across the business
• Long-term, technically challenging project in a high-growth sector

Please apply directly through this advert to be considered or email your CV directly to chloe.kearns@peoplegroup.com