Lead Planner

SSE PLC; Glasgow, Aberdeen City, Perth, Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Gym discounts

Cycle to Work

Maternity & Adoption Pay

Paternity Leave

Job summary

SSE is seeking a Lead Planner for a major Offshore Wind capital project in the UK. You will lead a team of planners and own the integrated schedule from development to construction, ensuring a robust programme to support delivery.

You will work with the Project Services Manager and other stakeholders to provide schedule insights, manage risk, and drive performance, with the role offering flexible-first options and base locations in major offices.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading planning on major engineering, infrastructure or construction projects.
• Strong expertise in delay analysis and evaluating programme implications of contractor claims.
• Experience conducting schedule risk analysis and scenario planning.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness related to project financing and value.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Planning team and ownership of the integrated project schedule using Primavera P6.
• Develop and maintain a fully integrated execution programme across contracts and work packages.
• Provide schedule insights to manage risk, delays and recovery strategies.
• Coordinate with Commercial and Finance to align forecasts with cost and performance.
• Champion programme awareness across stakeholders and interfaces.

Skills

Team leadership

Delay analysis

Schedule risk analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Base Location:You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations Glasgow, Aberdeen, Perth or Reading officewhilstother SSER locations can be considered.

Salary: £59,800 - £85,000 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role

As Lead Planner, you'll play a key role in the successful delivery of a major Offshore Wind capital project. Leading a team of planners, you'll take ownership of the overall project schedule from development through to construction, ensuring a robust and integrated programme is in place to support delivery.

Working closely with the Project Services Manager, Project Managers, Package Managers and wider Capital Projects team, you'll be at the heart of project decision-making, providing the schedule insight and analysis needed to manage risk, drive performance and support successful outcomes.

This is an opportunity to influence the delivery of a complex, high-profile project, working across multiple stakeholders, contractors and work packages. If you enjoy leading teams, solving programme challenges and seeing your work have a direct impact on project success, this role offers the chance to make a genuine difference from day one.

You will

• Lead the Planning team and take ownership of the integrated project schedule within Primavera P6, providing clear, timely and accurate programme reporting to Project Management, the Project Board and project lenders.
• Drive the development and maintenance of a fully integrated execution programme, bringing together contractor schedules, engineering activities, financing milestones, regulatory and consenting requirements, while effectively managing interfaces across multiple work packages and project scopes.
• Provide meaningful programme analysis and insights that support informed decision-making, identifying schedule risks, assessing delay impacts and recommending practical mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Partner with Commercial and Finance teams to ensure programme forecasts align with cost and performance reporting, enabling robust decision-making based on programme, commercial and revenue outcomes.
• Champion programme awareness across the project, ensuring stakeholders understand key milestones, critical and near-critical path activities, interface dependencies, and the commercial implications of schedule changes.

You have

• Significant experience leading planning activities on major engineering, infrastructure or construction projects, including the development and management of complex integrated schedules across multiple contracts and delivery partners.
• Strong expertise in delay analysis, schedule performance assessment and evaluating the programme implications of contractor claims.
• Experience conducting schedule risk analysis and running scenario planning exercises to support project strategy, risk mitigation and delivery confidence.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence decisions, build trusted relationships and communicate complex programme information clearly at all levels.
• Strong commercial and financial awareness, including an understanding of project financing structures, routes to market within the wind industry, and the relationship between programme performance and project value.

About SSE

SSE's purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plansees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

SSE Renewables delivers the green energy the world needs today and tomorrow. We lead the way in the development, build, and operation of renewable power assets, including windfarms, hydro power stations, and solar and battery projects. Join a global team of 1,800 energy experts powering the transition to a net zero future.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest‑free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact [e-mail] to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.