SC Cleared Planner - Construction Scheduling (Hybrid Glasgow)

CMR; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CMR is seeking an experienced Planner (SC Cleared) to join our construction-focused project controls team in a hybrid role based in Glasgow. You will develop, maintain and challenge construction schedules, ensuring alignment with project scope, delivery strategy and key assumptions, while collaborating with cost and risk teams to assure schedule integrity.

You will bring solid scheduling experience, Primavera P6 proficiency, and a proactive, collaborative approach to planning discussions with

Qualifications

• Experience in a construction or infrastructure environment.
• Solid scheduling experience, including Primavera P6.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Confidence building schedules from first principles and reviewing supplier submissions.
• Understanding of schedule hierarchy, integration, governance and change control.
• Familiarity with NEC or FIDIC contracts.
• Strong communication skills, with a collaborative mindset.
• Ability to support planning discussions with internal teams, clients, suppliers and key stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of robust, realistic and defensible construction schedules.
• Develop schedule estimates for construction works, ensuring they are aligned to the project scope, delivery strategy and key assumptions.
• Support the definition of the Basis of Estimate for the construction schedule scope, including key assumptions, exclusions and constraints.
• Build and maintain project schedules, ensuring schedule quality, logic, integration and governance are maintained.
• Work closely with Cost and Risk Management teams to help ensure alignment of estimates, assumptions and schedule impacts.
• Work with the Risk team to support the QSRA process.
• Identify and manage key internal and external interfaces including procurement, consents, dependent projects and delivery milestones.
• Work closely with key internal/external stakeholders to support buy-in to the Programme’s construction schedule.
• Review supplier and contractor schedules, challenging logic, assumptions, progress and deliverability where required.
• Support the validation of schedule estimates through the use of benchmark data, design information and BIM.

Skills

Primavera P6

MS Office

Strong communication

Problem solving

Schedule development

Education

Degree or equivalent in construction/engineering/project management

Tools

Power BI

Job description

CMR is seeking an experienced Planner (SC Cleared) to join our construction-focused project controls team in a hybrid role based in Glasgow. You will develop, maintain and challenge construction schedules, ensuring alignment with project scope, delivery strategy and key assumptions, while collaborating with cost and risk teams to assure schedule integrity.

You will bring solid scheduling experience, Primavera P6 proficiency, and a proactive, collaborative approach to planning discussions with