Principal Project Planner
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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 at the heart of some of the UKs most complex and critical defence programmes. Youll lead the schedule management approach for high-impact projects ensuring alignment between integrated scheduling tools and financial/material demand systems.
Your work will directly influence national security and innovation in aerospace and engineering while accelerating your own career development and leadership growth.
Day-to-day youll be required to:
- Develop and maintain robust integrated project schedules.
- Collaborate with Control Account Managers project controllers and senior stakeholders.
- Drive performance measurement and delivery focus across programmes.
- Embed governance and assurance into schedule management.
- Champion project outcomes and mentor junior planners.
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
- Extensive recent experience in a similar role within defence engineering or complex project environments.
- Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.
- Experience supporting Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (e.g. Monte Carlo).
- Proven ability to create and maintain governance artefacts (e.g. Project Management Plans).
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Qualifications for the Principal Project Planner
- Relevant professional qualifications in project planning or engineering.
- Preferred: Certifications in project management methodologies (e.g. APM PMI).
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
- 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
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical mental and financial wellbeing
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: 16/10/2025
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