Planner

Thomas Thor; Newport; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas Thor in the UK is seeking a Planner to join the Project Controls team, taking ownership of scheduling for a large MEH scope and coordinating with Cost and Risk to keep the programme on track from concept to delivery.

You will develop and maintain schedules, build what-if scenarios, extract and analyse schedule data, and work with Cost and Risk to ensure alignment of schedule with cost and risk. Hybrid working is available depending on programme needs.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Planner on major projects across full lifecycle.
• Ability to extract, compare and analyse schedule data.
• Strong communication skills with stakeholders.
• Experience building what-if scenarios.
• MEH background on large-scale infrastructure or industrial projects.
• Understanding of Project Controls integrating schedule, cost and risk.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules across the full lifecycle.
• Build what-if scenario schedules to support decisions.
• Extract, compare and analyse schedule data to track progress.
• Identify issues early and drive resolution and mitigation.
• Work with Cost and Risk to align schedule, cost and risk.
• Support NEC contract reporting and 4D/CAD planning outputs.

Skills

Strong communicator

Planner experience

Schedule data analysis

What-if scheduling

MEH infrastructure experience

Project Controls knowledge

Tools

4D CAD planning

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.