Project Controls, Project Planning, Cost, Risk and Dispute Resolution.
Most planners can operate software.
Fewer can build a programme from first principles.
Very few can defend it.
I work with planners who can:
- Build programmes from drawings, quantities, and construction logic
- Own the critical path — not just report it
- Challenge site progress and production assumptions
- Understand NEC programme requirements (Clause 31 / 32)
- Assess and demonstrate the impact of change through logic, not opinion
Global Project Controls Recruitment & Technical Planning Assurance
Career Development Focus
I work with planners who operate beyond software — and who want to develop real capability.
This is not CV chasing.
It is consultative career advice.
The objective is to use market insight, technical understanding, and network access to identify environments that will genuinely improve your capability, not just change your job title.
Typical progression pathways include:
- Site Engineer → Planner
- Planner → Senior Planner
- Senior Planner → Planning Manager / Head of Planning
- Planning → Forensic Planning & Delay Analysis
- Progression towards Expert Witness / LLM-level specialism
The focus is always the same:
Positioning you in the right environment to develop judgement, commercial awareness, and programme credibility.
PCG World operates exclusively within Project Controls and Planning across major construction and infrastructure programmes.
My role sits between recruitment and technical assurance — assessing whether planners can operate effectively in live delivery environments, not just within software.
Core Focus
Planning Capability Assessment
All planners are assessed against real project requirements:
- •Programme development from drawings and quantities
- Construction sequencing and methodology logic
- Critical path ownership
- Subcontractor integration
- Site-based validation of progress
Because planning is not software — it is applied construction logic.
Programme Credibility & NEC Awareness
Assessment includes:
- Baseline programme understanding (NEC Clause 31)
- Programme updates and progress logic (Clause 32)
- Change impact thinking and Compensation Events
- Time Impact Analysis approach
- Float ownership and Time Risk Allowance
The objective is simple
Ensure programmes are defensible, not just presentable.
Industry Positioning
Most recruitment in this space focuses on:
- Software capability
- CV keywords
- Years of experience
That approach fails in live projects.
A credible planner:
- Challenges site narratives
- Validates sequencing against reality
- Identifies risk before it becomes delay
- Protects programme position commercially
The Difference
A programme can always be produced.
That does not make it correct.
The difference is judgement.
Market Focus
UK | Europe | Major Infrastructure & Construction
Working with organisations requiring planners who can operate under delivery pressure, not just reporting environments.
Planning is not producing a programme.
It is defending its credibility.