Principal Project Planner

Bristol - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Principal Project Planner

Location: Ashton Vale Bristol Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: Competitive Salary Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF66831

At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as a Principal Project Planner at our Ashton Vale Bristol site.

The Role

As a Principal Project Planner youll be central to delivering some of the UKs most complex and strategically important defence programmes. Youll take the lead in managing project schedules ensuring seamless integration between planning tools and financial or material demand systems.

Your work will have a direct impact on national security and drive innovation across aerospace and engineering while also advancing your own career and leadership capabilities.

Day-to-day youll be required to:

Champion project outcomes and mentor junior planners.
Embed governance and assurance into schedule management.
Drive performance measurement and delivery focus across programmes.
Collaborate with Control Account Managers project controllers and senior stakeholders.
Develop and maintain robust integrated project schedules.

This role is full time 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with days onsite and days working from home.

Essential Experience of the Principal Project Planner

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Proven ability to create and maintain governance artefacts.
Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
Extensive recent experience in a similar role within defence engineering or complex project environments.
Experience supporting Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis.

Qualifications for the Principal Project Planner

Certifications in project management methodologies.
Relevant professional qualifications in project planning or engineering.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth nationality current or former citizenship and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - ().

What We Offer

Generous holiday allowance
Matched contribution pension scheme with life assurance
Access to a Digital GP annual health check and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare
Employee share scheme
Employee shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing
Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
Be Kind Day enables employees to take one working days paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations protect communities and build a better world. To continue we must adapt advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please email with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement. Were committed to building an inclusive culture where everyones free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 31/10/2025

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Job Title: Principal Project PlannerLocation: Ashton Vale Bristol Hybrid Working ArrangementsCompensation: Competitive Salary BenefitsRole Type: Full time / PermanentRole ID: SF66831At Babcock were working to create a safe and secure world together and if you join us you can play your part as ...