Planner

Thomas Thor; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Project Bridge is seeking a Planner to join the Project Controls team with EDF's direct partner company. You’ll take ownership of scheduling across the MEH scope, working closely with Cost and Risk colleagues to keep the programme on track from concept through to delivery.

UK-based with site/hybrid flexibility, this role offers the chance to influence how one of the UK’s major infrastructure programmes is delivered, with direct involvement in schedule control and NEC reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Planner across major project lifecycles.
• Ability to extract and analyse schedule data for decision making.
• Experience building scenario (what-if) schedules.
• MEH background on large-scale infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules across the full lifecycle.
• Build ‘what-if’ scenario schedules to support key programme decisions.
• Extract, compare and analyse schedule data to track progress and performance.
• Spot emerging issues early and drive them to resolution.
• Work with Cost and Risk to keep schedule, cost and risk aligned.
• Support NEC contract reporting and 4D/CAD planning outputs where required.

Skills

Strong communicator

Planner experience

Schedule data analysis

What-if scheduling

MEH infrastructure experience

Project Controls understanding

Job description

Project Bridge is one of the UK’s major nuclear infrastructure programmes, and we’re looking for a Planner to join the Project Controls team with EDF's direct partner company. You’ll take ownership of scheduling across a large-scale MEH (mechanical, electrical and HVAC alliance) scope, working closely with Cost and Risk colleagues to keep the programme on track from concept through to delivery.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop and maintain project schedules across the full project lifecycle
• Build ‘what-if’ scenario schedules to support key programme decisions
• Extract, compare and analyse schedule data to track progress and performance
• Spot emerging issues early, and drive them through to resolution and mitigation
• Work closely with Cost and Risk teams to keep schedule, cost and risk fully aligned
• Support NEC contract reporting and 4D/CAD planning outputs where required

What you’ll bring

• A strong communicator, equally comfortable writing reports and presenting schedule updates to stakeholders
• Solid experience as a Planner, ideally across the full lifecycle of major projects
• Confidence extracting, comparing and analysing schedule data to support decision-making
• A track record of building scenario (what-if) schedules
• Experience identifying issues early and driving them to resolution
• MEH background gained on large-scale infrastructure or industrial projects
• A working understanding of Project Controls, and how schedule, cost and risk link together

Location

UK-based, with flexibility around site and hybrid working depending on programme needs.

This is a chance to plan one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes, with genuine influence over how it’s delivered.