Senior Project Planner

Shape the success of complex major projects by driving programme certainty, schedule performance and project controls excellence.

Our Client has a requirement for a Senior Planning Engineer, who will be required to work on a contract basis in Glasgow.

Role Purpose:

• Independently apply advanced schedule management techniques across projects and programmes within a highly regulated environment.
• Develop, maintain, analyse and report integrated project schedules.
• Provide project controls expertise including planning, forecasting, schedule risk management and earned value management.
• Ensure alignment between scheduling, financial and material demand toolsets.
• Support successful project delivery through robust planning, governance and stakeholder engagement.

Job Role Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain project structures including WBS, OBS, RBS and CBS.
• Develop, baseline, maintain and update integrated project schedules (Levels 1-3), ensuring alignment with Level 4 and Level 5 schedules where applicable.
• Ensure alignment between scheduling, financial and material demand toolsets.
• Monitor schedule performance, critical path activities and key project milestones, providing regular reporting, analysis and forecasting.
• Produce and maintain resource-loaded and cost-loaded schedules, resource profiles and financial forecasting information.
• Conduct Schedule Risk Analysis, critical path analysis, schedule impact assessments and what-if scenario planning.
• Produce and interpret Earned Value Management (EVM) data and maintain Estimates at Completion (EACs).
• Support corrective action planning and provide schedule-driven recommendations to improve project performance.
• Facilitate planning workshops and Rolling Wave (Look Ahead) planning meetings.
• Support project change control processes, assessing schedule impacts and ensuring alignment with change registers.
• Integrate supplier and subcontractor schedules into the overall project programme.
• Produce and maintain key planning deliverables including baseline schedules, cardinal date plans, variance reports, risk reports and schedule records.
• Contribute to scheduling best practice and support continuous improvement initiatives across the wider planning community.
• Support the development and performance of team members through effective communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Promote a strong health, safety, environmental and quality culture, ensuring compliance with company procedures and standards.
• Monitor project risks, issues and opportunities, supporting quality management and lessons learned activities.
• Support commercial and financial objectives through effective planning, governance and project controls.

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Extensive recent experience in a comparable planning or project controls role.
• Experience within highly regulated sectors such as Nuclear, Defence, Infrastructure, Energy or Major Projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project (MSP).
• Forensic Planning experience.
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to project close-out.
• Knowledge of contract forms including NEC, FIDIC and JCT.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as APM, ACostE, RICS or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Expert level competency in Schedule Management and Resource Management.
• Proficient level competency in Independent Assurance, Frameworks & Methodologies, Stakeholder & Communications Management and Governance & Quality Arrangements.
• Competent level competency in Budgeting & Cost Control, Project Reviews & Assurance, Change Control and Contract Management.

Sector: Commercial, Admin & Office Support

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