Senior Planner

Overview

Plan and control project schedules, forecasts, and reporting using P6 and Excel.

Key Responsibilities

• wbs development
• schedule analysis
• planning reports
• risk reporting
• data interface
• client liaison

Tasks

Deliver all planning activities within a contract or project. Advise Project/Contract Manager and key contract stakeholders on the plan performance of the contract through plans, forecasts, histograms, analysis, control measures, S-curves, and reporting. Prepare and issue plans and deliverables on time and to expected quality standards, including trending and schedule risk analysis with narrative. Establish and develop good working relationships with client project controls counterparts and demonstrate high levels of professional conduct and discipline. -Attend all planning meetings within the contract. -Identify and report planning risk and support the management of change, growth, and variation. -Analysis of schedule attainment, SPI/CPI, resource levels, critical paths, float, and other metrics, as required. -Develop WBS, baselines, schedules, and the regular monitoring of plans. -Compliance with planning procedures and templates and support periodic audit work to ensure consistency of application use. -Daily interface with project team and project controls team to ensure accurate reporting and trustworthy data sets. -Produce regular planning reports with accompanying narrative, in line with business and client requirements, which may include histograms, s-curves, and planner boards. -Maintain and follow specific work instructions. -Provide cover for Planners, as required. -Provide support/training to other members of the planning, and project teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years
• primavera p6
• project lifecycle
• hnc
• project controls
• excel

What You Bring

-5 years+ previous experience in a Planning role. -Demonstrable Primavera P6 knowledge and experience (Enterprise Client) -Experience of “cradle to grave” project lifecycles. -HNC or higher qualifications preferred -Strong working knowledge of project controls theory and practices. -Be fully conversant with nexos systems including P6 and the Slingshot digital eco-system. -Excellent Excel skills

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About Nexos

-As the UK’s largest modular solutions contractor, they span end-to-end services—from pre-FEED design through fabrication, system integration to commissioning. -In-house capabilities include structural and pipework fabrication, HVAC and refrigeration services servicing harsh marine and offshore environments. -Deploy their proprietary digital platforms—Slingshot for live project tracking and D2Z Track for carbon-intensity analytics—bringing transparency and speed. -Typical projects range from offshore energy modules and first-of-a-kind decarbonisation plants to substations, battery systems, hydrogen units and control cabins. -Enhance onshore/offshore engineering and pioneer hydrogen, carbon-capture, and EV infrastructure projects.

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