Senior Project Planner Environment and Energy

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Due to a rapidly growing portfolio of projects across our Environment and Energy business an exciting opportunity has opened for a Senior Planner to join us! You will provide project scheduling programme controls expertise and technical support across AECOMs Environment & Energy portfolio supporting the successful delivery of complex infrastructure energy transition and environmental projects.

The role is responsible for developing managing and maintaining integrated project schedules coordinating delivery programmes monitoring performance and providing high-quality programme management insight to project teams clients and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Heres what youll do:

Project Planning & Scheduling

• Develop manage and maintain integrated project schedules for complex environmental energy and infrastructure projects.
• Establish and maintain baseline programmes including work breakdown structures logic sequencing key milestones dependencies and critical path analysis.
• Support project teams with programme development progress measurement forecasting and schedule updates.
• Monitor progress against approved programmes identifying variance trends delays and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify critical activities delivery risks constraints and required mitigation actions.
• Prepare programme reports dashboards and schedule analysis to support project decision-making.
• Support change control activities through assessment of programme impacts mitigation measures and recovery planning.
• Provide schedule input into project bids proposals and business development activities.

Programme Controls & Delivery Support

• Support Project Managers and Delivery Leads with effective programme management and project controls.
• Maintain accurate project schedule information and ensure timely reporting of progress performance and forecast outcomes.
• Support progress reporting and continuous improvement of project planning processes.
• Work collaboratively with engineering environmental commercial and delivery teams to improve programme certainty and project outcomes.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM youll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle technical practice networks AECOM University and volunteering days.

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Heres what were looking for:

• Experience in project scheduling programme management or project controls within infrastructure energy or environmental sectors.
• Experience developing and managing integrated project schedules using recognised planning tools such as Primavera P6 MS Project or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of project delivery lifecycles programme controls and risk management principles.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary project environments.
• Strong analytical organisational communication and stakeholder management skills.

Ideally youll have:

• A Degree qualification in Engineering Environment Project Management or a related discipline.
• Experience working within NEC contract environments including programme management requirements change control processes early warnings compensation events and contract programme submissions.
• Experience supporting projects within sectors such as:
• Renewable energy and energy transition including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) data centres critical infrastructure grid infrastructure and utilities.
• Environmental delivery programmes including projects involving Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirements.
• Major infrastructure consenting programmes including Development Consent Orders (DCO).
• Decarbonisation and sustainability initiatives.
• Experience with earned value management schedule risk analysis progress measurement and project controls reporting.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering and environmental delivery teams.
• Commercial awareness and experience supporting client-facing project delivery.

We celebrate diversity including neurodiversity and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process please contact us at . At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information :

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About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time