Senior Planner

Aureos; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureos is seeking an experienced planning professional to join our team in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on developing and maintaining detailed project programmes using Primavera P6, aligning baselines with contract requirements, and monitoring progress with site and engineering feedback.

You will lead programme reviews with clients and delivery teams, produce weekly and monthly planning reports, and mentor junior planners.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Strong ability to monitor progress and manage risks.
• Excellent Stakeholder communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project programmes using Primavera P6.
• Create baseline schedules aligned with contract requirements and project deliverables.
• Monitor project progress and update programmes using site and engineering feedback.
• Identify critical path activities and assess programme risks and opportunities.
• Produce recovery programmes and mitigation plans where delays occur.
• Support project teams with planning, sequencing and resource optimisation.
• Conduct schedule impact assessments for compensation events, variations and change control.
• Lead programme reviews with clients, project managers and delivery teams.
• Produce weekly and monthly planning reports, dashboards and KPI metrics.
• Interface with engineering, procurement, commercial and construction teams to ensure programme alignment.
• Develop earned value performance reporting where required.
• Support tender submissions by developing tender programmes and phasing plans.
• Participate in risk workshops and provide programme-related risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with client planning requirements across frameworks such as SSE, SPEN and National Grid.
• Mentor junior planners and planning engineers.
• Support project controls and governance requirements across the framework portfolio.

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further!

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project programmes using Primavera P6.
• Create baseline schedules aligned with contract requirements and project deliverables.
• Monitor project progress and update programmes using site and engineering feedback.
• Identify critical path activities and assess programme risks and opportunities.
• Produce recovery programmes and mitigation plans where delays occur.
• Support project teams with planning, sequencing and resource optimisation.
• Conduct schedule impact assessments for compensation events, variations and change control.
• Lead programme reviews with clients, project managers and delivery teams.
• Produce weekly and monthly planning reports, dashboards and KPI metrics.
• Interface with engineering, procurement, commercial and construction teams to ensure programme alignment.
• Develop earned value performance reporting where required.
• Support tender submissions by developing tender programmes and phasing plans.
• Participate in risk workshops and provide programme-related risk assessments.
• Ensure compliance with client planning requirements across frameworks such as SSE, SPEN and National Grid.
• Mentor junior planners and planning engineers.
• Support project controls and governance requirements across the framework portfolio.

Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application.

Equal Opportunities

Aureosare an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.