Project Controls - Senior Planner

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Clear opportunities for career development

Generous holiday allowance

Flexible working arrangements

Employee Assistance Programme

Global travel scholarship programme

Job summary

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd is hiring a Senior Planner for their Project Controls team in the UK Infrastructure sector. The role involves undertaking planning for major projects, utilizing tools like Primavera P6, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have relevant experience in project controls and possess a degree or qualification in a related field. The position offers a range of benefits, including career development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls with a focus on planning.
• Previous experience on major projects.
• Professional qualifications in relevant Chartered Institute desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake rolling wave planning and resource loading.
• Create and track plans and schedules, performing risk exploration.
• Conduct detailed schedule exploration of network logic.

Skills

Project controls

Planning

Primavera P6

Excel

Education

HNC, HND or degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Law or similar

Tools

Primavera P6

Asta Powerproject

MSP

Job description

Project Controls - Senior Planner

• Sector: UK Infrastructure
• Location: London
• Contract type: Permanent
• Schedule: Full time with flexible core hours

About this opportunity:

Gleeds provides project controls services across infrastructure sectors such as rail, highways, utilities, aviation and ports, supporting programme management, cost control and project delivery with a focus on schedule and resource planning.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Undertake rolling wave planning and resource loading for assigned project scopes.
• Utilise team inputs to create and track plans and schedules, performing risk exploration.
• Conduct detailed schedule exploration of network logic and the critical path.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional programme teams to resolve critical path and network conflicts.
• Execute "what-if" scenarios for programme management teams.
• Carry out schedule variance analysis by comparing baseline to current schedule.
• Support earned value analysis for assigned programmes or projects.
• Ensure management understands network logic, Gantt charts, milestone lists and resource information.
• Develop and maintain scheduling procedures for assigned programmes.
• Apply tools such as Gantt, PERT, milestone charts, earned value management and other techniques to gauge progress and identify performance variances, facilitating focus on critical areas.
• Secure integration of major projects and programme schedules across functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing and quality.

Experience:

• Previous experience on major projects, providing support and guidance across multiple live projects and contributing to tender programmes.
• Experience in project controls with a focus on planning, ideally within a consultancy.
• Proficiency with Primavera P6, with experience of Asta Powerproject and MSP being beneficial.
• Strong Excel skills to produce dashboards and data visualisations for P6 programmes.

Qualifications:

• HNC, HND or degree in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management, Construction Law or similar field, or alternative background such as engineering.
• Professional qualifications and/or membership of APM, RICS, CIOB, CICES, CIPS or other relevant Chartered Institute desirable and supported if not yet attained.

Benefits:

• Clear opportunities for career development through training and further qualifications.
• Networking opportunities within the industry.
• Generous holiday allowance plus the option to purchase additional days.
• Highly competitive salary with potential for increases through performance reviews.
• Employee Assistance Programme to support health and well‑being.
• Global travel scholarship programme for experiential learning.
• Flexible working arrangements to support work‑life balance.
• Volunteer opportunities in local communities.
• Support from central teams and recognition as a Great Place to Work.

We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.

We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.

Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.