Lead Project Planner

Job title: Lead Project Planner - Nuclear
Job Type: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Duration: Full-time
Pay rate: Competitive
Location: Manchester, Warrington or London
Hours of work: Monday to Friday (40 hours per week)

A growing nuclear business is building its UK presence, and we are looking for a Lead Project Planner to establish industry-leading planning, scheduling and schedule assurance capability on some of the most significant nuclear programmes planned across the UK and Europe. This is a senior leadership role. You will own Integrated Master Schedules, critical path management and quantitative schedule risk analysis, producing robust, auditable and defensible schedules that give projects delivery certainty. Reporting to the Director, Nuclear UK, you will lead the project planners and scheduling personnel assigned to projects. You will work closely with project management, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, commercial and project controls teams, as well as clients, alliance partners and the supply chain.

Responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
* Develop and implement planning standards, procedures and governance arrangements
* Build and maintain reliable Integrated Master Schedules, integrating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover
* Identify critical and near-critical paths, and keep schedule updates and performance reporting accurate
* Lead quantitative schedule risk assessments and probabilistic analysis, including Monte Carlo simulation
* Develop schedule confidence ranges and forecast completion dates
* Identify schedule threats and opportunities, and develop mitigation and recovery strategies
* Align planning with cost management, risk management and performance reporting, and support earned value processes
* Run baseline change control
* Provide schedule assurance, maturity assessments and independent challenge
* Present schedule analysis and forecasts to project leadership, clients and senior stakeholders
* Promote planning best practice and improve schedule maturity across projects
* Lead and develop project planners and scheduling personnel

Qualifications/Experience
* 10+ years' experience in project planning, scheduling or project controls within nuclear, defence, infrastructure, energy or other highly regulated sectors
* Significant experience developing and maintaining Integrated Master Schedules for major capital projects, ideally in EPC, EPCM, alliance or framework environments
* Expert knowledge of critical path methodology (CPM)
* Experience of quantitative schedule risk assessment, probabilistic analysis and Monte Carlo simulation
* Experience integrating engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning schedules
* Experience of schedule assurance reviews and earned value management
* Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6
* A degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Controls, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Science, Mathematics or a related discipline
* A professional qualification relevant to planning, project controls or programme management
* Confidence challenging schedule assumptions and presenting recovery strategies to senior stakeholders
* Ability to obtain and maintain UK security clearance

Desirable:
* Experience in the UK civil or defence nuclear sector, such as Sellafield, Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, AWE or SMR programmes
* Experience of Acumen Fuse, Safran Risk, Primavera Risk Analysis or similar tools
* Experience establishing IMS frameworks and supporting project controls organisations within EPCM environments
* Familiarity with ONR regulatory requirements and NEC-based delivery
* Chartered or recognised status (e.g. APM, ICE, CIOB, ACostE)

Please note: All candidates MUST be eligible to work in the UK and obtain security clearance.

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Company information:
This position is being advertised by Rullion Ltd.

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