Senior Planner

Job title: Senior Planner
Job Type: Permanent
Start date: ASAP
Rate: Market Led
Location: Cumbria, Manchester or Warrington Based - Open to location
Hours of work: 40 Hours Per Week

The Role:
As Senior Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining and assuring integrated project and programme schedules across assigned nuclear projects, programmes, framework contracts and business development opportunities.

Reporting to the Lead Project Planner, the role supports programme development, baseline management, critical path analysis, progress measurement, schedule forecasting, change impact assessment, risk integration and planning governance.

The position carries accountability for establishing and maintaining robust planning processes, logic linked schedules, milestone plans, schedule baselines, progress records, forecast updates, planning assumptions and auditable programme records throughout the project lifecycle.

Roles and Responsibilities:
* Establish planning and schedule management procedures aligned with contractual requirements, company standards, nuclear-sector expectations and recognised project controls best practice.
* Implement clear planning controls appropriate to project maturity, delivery model, client requirements and assurance obligations.
* Ensure schedule baselines, activity logic, milestones, progress updates, forecasts and planning records are accurate, transparent, consistent and auditable.
* Develop planning assurance and coordination processes that improve certainty, productivity, decision quality and stakeholder confidence.
* Develop logic linked programmes, milestone plans, rolling lookaheads, reporting calendars and baseline schedules aligned with scope, cost, risk and delivery requirements.
* Coordinate planning inputs from engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, commercial, risk and supply chain teams.
* Maintain productive planning relationships with clients, delivery partners, subcontractors and supply chain contributors.
* Establish and maintain schedule performance measures, progress cycles, critical path analysis, lookahead plans and planning issue management processes.
* Monitor programme performance against approved baselines, productivity assumptions, delivery milestones and governance requirements.
* Lead the identification and management of schedule, dependency, interface, constraint, change and delivery risks and opportunities.
* Ensure planning assumptions, interface milestones, key dependencies and schedule constraints are clearly communicated and applied.
* Implement planning governance, baseline approval workflows and schedule assurance requirements.

Candidates Essential Experience/Qualifications Requirements:
* Candidates will hold a Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Project Management, Project Controls or a related discipline.
* Candidates will have a minimum 10 year's experience in project planning, programme controls, construction planning or a related discipline within nuclear, defence, infrastructure, energy or other highly regulated sectors. Preferably on Nuclear licensed sites such as HPC, Sellafield, AWE, Capenhurst etc.
* Significant experience developing and maintaining integrated project and programme schedules for major projects and programmes.
* Advanced experience using Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, Excel and project controls reporting tools.
* Experience defining and applying planning standards, coding structures, calendars, progress rules and schedule performance measures.
* Experience identifying, quantifying and managing schedule risks, dependencies, constraints, delays and opportunities.
* Experience presenting programme performance, critical path analysis and planning recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Desirable
* Chartered Status and/or hold qualification in Project Management i.e APM, Prince 2 etc.

Please note for this role Security Vetting will be required, all candidates MUST be eligible to obtain or ideally already hold.

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Company information:
This is a Permanent vacancy and is being advertised by Rullion Ltd
Since 1978, Rullion has been securing exceptional candidates for a range of clients; from large well-known brands, to SMEs and start-ups. As a family-owned business, Rullion's approach is credible and honest, focused on building long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates.

Rullion is a forward-thinking recruitment company that specialises in providing a wide range of talent consultancy services to a diverse client base; from small start-ups to large household names.
We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.