Senior Planner

Turner & Townsend; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Great workplace culture

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Planner for their Scotland-based Infrastructure team. The role involves supporting high-profile projects across various sectors, including energy and defence. Candidates should have project controls experience within infrastructure and familiarity with planning tools like Oracle Primavera. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and communication skills and be degree-educated. This role supports a flexible work environment that values diversity and inclusiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in project controls within the infrastructure sector.
• Ability to develop work breakdown structures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support projects across energy, defence, rail, highways and utilities sectors.
• Produce project control reports.
• Provide performance analysis and recommendations.

Skills

Planning

Performance Analysis

Change & Risk Management

Communication Skills

Project Controls

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

Oracle Primavera

MS Project

Excel

PRISM

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. We are majority‑owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Planner to undertake duties within our Scotland‑based Infrastructure, Project Controls team, supporting projects across the energy, defence, rail, airports, highways, water and utilities sectors. The Senior Planner will work as part of our Project Controls team on a high‑profile infrastructure project, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day‑to‑day contact point with the client.

Typical activities include working with cost and planning engineers to develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines, establishing progress and cost monitoring methods, producing project control reports and providing performance analysis and recommendations for our clients.

Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the infrastructure sector (Energy, Defence, Rail, Airports, Highways, Water/Utilities) is required, as is experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and/or PMO.

Qualifications

Applicants will ideally be degree‑educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.

• Previous experience with the following tools (or one of): Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, PRISM (Cost Management System)

Applicants will also require excellent written and verbal communication skills, be rigorous in following documented processes and governance and be able to demonstrate the ability to innovate in creative ways to meet the challenges of the changing project environment.

Our most pressing needs are currently within the defence sector. Current Security Clearance is ideal for candidates applying for our Defence Sector Projects.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work‑life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.