Electrical Construction Planner — Nuclear Build Project Controls

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave pro rata

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is seeking an experienced Electrical Construction Planner to support the delivery of electrical construction activities at Hinkley Point C. The role sits within a high-performing Project Controls team focused on planning, monitoring and driving progress on a major nuclear new-build project.

You will develop and maintain detailed schedules, align them with broader milestones and work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure activity readiness and accurate progress

Qualifications

• HNC in an Engineering discipline.
• Planning experience within construction environments.
• Strong understanding of construction planning and project controls.
• Experience producing and maintaining detailed construction schedules.
• Ability to analyse project performance and track progress against milestones.
• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams in a complex delivery environment.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain BPSS Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed Electrical Level 5 construction schedules.
• Prepare and update electrical four-week lookahead plans.
• Align schedules with the overall 16-week lookahead and key programme milestones.
• Establish activity-level progress and quantity measurement requirements.
• Integrate engineering, material availability, access requirements, resources, quality and commissioning activities into project schedules.
• Work closely with delivery teams to confirm activity readiness and identify constraints.
• Monitor progress and track installed quantities against planned outputs.
• Produce accurate, evidence-based schedule updates and productivity reports to support project performance and decision-making

Skills

Electrical scheduling

Construction planning

Progress tracking

Collaboration

Security clearance eligibility

Education

HNC in Engineering

Job description

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) is seeking an experienced Electrical Construction Planner to support the delivery of electrical construction activities at Hinkley Point C. The role sits within a high-performing Project Controls team focused on planning, monitoring and driving progress on a major nuclear new-build project.

You will develop and maintain detailed schedules, align them with broader milestones and work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure activity readiness and accurate progress