Lead Planning Engineer | Primavera P6, CPM & EVM

Accenture UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Planning Engineer to deliver comprehensive planning and scheduling services across the full project lifecycle for our Infrastructure projects. You will ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with quality control and collaborate with project teams and clients.

You will develop baseline programmes, perform CPM and risk analyses, and produce regular reports and dashboards for stakeholders while applying NEC3 contract planning and earned value management principles.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning and scheduling across project lifecycles.
• Strong knowledge of CPM and earned value management.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6 and baseline programme development.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse teams and manage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Developed, implemented, and managed integrated project schedules across the complete project lifecycle.
• Created and maintained logic-driven baseline programmes aligned with scope and milestones.
• Monitored progress, updated schedules with actual data, and forecast completion dates and remaining durations.
• Performed critical path analysis and identified programme risks, delays, and mitigation strategies.
• Produced planning reports and dashboards for project teams, senior management, and clients.
• Applied EVM principles to measure project performance and support cost and schedule control.
• Collaborated with project managers, commercial teams, site management, and engineering disciplines.
• Managed schedule changes through change control processes and maintained audit trails.

Skills

CPM method

Project controls

EVM

Schedule risk analysis

Baseline programme

Progress monitoring

NEC3 planning

Resource loading

Change management

Lifecycle management

Construction planning

Stakeholder management

Programme reporting

Excel

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

Office suite

Job description

Accenture seeks a Planning Engineer to deliver comprehensive planning and scheduling services across the full project lifecycle for our Infrastructure projects. You will ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with quality control and collaborate with project teams and clients.

You will develop baseline programmes, perform CPM and risk analyses, and produce regular reports and dashboards for stakeholders while applying NEC3 contract planning and earned value management principles.