Senior Planner

Description

• Collaborate with lead and management roles to ensure project success
• Ensure schedules comply with procedures and best practices
• Conduct schedule integrity checks, assess critical paths, and communicate key issues
• Ensure project plans capture full scope, identify risks and opportunities, and uphold Health & Safety standards
• Apply change control measures (ideally within the NEC contract model)
• Optimise schedule structures and implement improvements
• Manage a portfolio of schedules ensuring clear communication of outputs to stakeholders at all levels.
• Develop and maintain resource-loaded schedules, applying rules of credit where required
• Use Bentley Synchro, Primavera P6, and BIM models to create and present detailed project plans
• Apply Earned Value (EV) principles, analyse variances, and recommend mitigation strategies
• Work closely with cost engineers, project managers, and control managers to underpin EACs

Requirements

• Expertise in Primavera P6 and managing a portfolio of schedules
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Confident in presenting to external stakeholders
• Preferably a member of a recognised professional body (APM, ACostE, or similar)
• Experience in planning, developing detailed resourced schedules, and applying EV techniques on engineering projects
• Strong communication skills to engage with stakeholders at all levels
• Awareness of emerging technologies and innovations in project planning

Benefits

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.

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