Senior Planner
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7 hours ago
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Job Summary
The Senior Planner is responsible for developing maintaining and controlling integrated project schedules for large-scale power transmission projects including substations overhead lines (OHL) underground cables and grid infrastructure.
The role ensures accurate planning progress monitoring forecasting and schedule risk analysis to support safe timely and cost-effective delivery of complex transmission programmes.
Key Responsibilities
1. Schedule Development & Integration
Develop and maintain detailed Level 35 schedules for transmission projects.
Build logic-linked resource-loaded programmes using Primavera P6 or equivalent.
Integrate engineering procurement construction commissioning and outage plans.
Ensure alignment with regulatory milestones and client requirements.
2. Planning Governance & Controls
Apply structured planning standards and WBS development.
Ensure compliance with NEC FIDIC or equivalent contract planning requirements.
Maintain baseline control and change management processes.
Support stage-gate reviews and assurance processes.
3. Progress & Performance Management
Lead monthly update cycles including progress validation and critical path analysis.
Identify schedule risks float erosion and constraint impacts.
Produce earned value metrics (SPI CPI where applicable).
Provide early warning and mitigation recommendations.
4. Risk & Scenario Analysis
Conduct schedule risk analysis (e.g. Monte Carlo simulations).
Develop what-if scenarios and recovery programmes.
Analyse outage windows access constraints and seasonal impacts.
Support delay analysis and claims preparation where required.
5. Stakeholder Engagement
Collaborate with project managers engineers commercial teams and site management.
Present schedule performance at governance forums.
Interface with client planning teams and regulatory stakeholders.
Support supply chain schedule integration.
6. Reporting & Data Analytics
Produce dashboard reports and executive summaries.
Provide 4D planning input where applicable.
Use digital planning tools and data analytics to enhance forecasting.
Maintain schedule data integrity across portfolio systems.
Project Environment Experience (Essential)
High-voltage transmission (132kV400kV)
Overhead line construction and refurbishment
Substation build and extension works (AIS / GIS)
Underground cable installation
Grid connection projects
National grid / utility framework environments
Additional Information :
Benefits include:
- Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
- 25 days paid annual leave bank holidays option to buy or sell days
- Professional fees reimbursed
- Flexible working
- Employee referral scheme
We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills talent and our peoples ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Presentation Skills
- Six Sigma
- Construction Estimating
- Earned Value Management
- Emergency Management
- Joint Operations
- Production Planning
- Project Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Microsoft Project
- Auto Estimating
- Exercise Planning
About Company
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