Senior Planner

Morson Edge; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Morson Edge is recruiting a Senior Planner for a major client in the nuclear sector. The role is based at Sellafield, Cumbria, with hybrid working between home and office.

SC level security clearance is essential, with UK citizenship and no recent work outside the UK in the last 5 years. You will lead a Project Controls team, drive cost forecasting, WBS development, and risk assessment across medium to high complexity projects, ensuring rigorous control and reporting aligned with project

Qualifications

• Experience delivering planning services on large or complex engineering projects.
• Proven ability to manage Planning staff or teams and performance.
• Commercial awareness and contract experience.
• Knowledge of risk analysis and project controls frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and mentoring of the Project Controls team.
• Develop detailed forecast costs, WBS, and quantity tracking for complex projects.
• Lead earned value, schedule variance analysis, and risk reviews.
• Prepare cost and progress reports and support PMO reviews.

Skills

Project controls

Team leadership

Risk analysis

Cost forecasting

Earned value management

Scheduling proficiency

Education

APM qualification or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Agresso

MS Office Suite

Job description

We are recruiting a Senior Planner for a major Client within the nuclear industry to join a growing Project Controls Team.

The role is based at Sellafield in Cumbria and can be worked on a hybrid basis between home and office.

The ability to obtain SC level security clearance for this role is essential.

This includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks.

Candidates should be British Citizens and not have worked outside the UK during the past 5 years.

ROLE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide day-to-day leadership, mentoring and support as required ensuring that the Project Controls services are effectively discharged.
• Actively contribute to the continuous improvement of functional quality and performance of the Project Controls team and the improvement of relevant PC processes, tools and systems.
• Attendance at, and provision of input into, Project Management Office (PMO) senior level review meetings (as required), and support the Senior Project Controls lead on functional level quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure that all deliverables and day-to-day activities conducted by the local Project Controls team are conducted in line with the relevant Project Controls frameworks, systems, processes and procedures.
• Ensure the generation of fully detailed project forecast cost estimates, work breakdown structures (WBS), and 'quantity tracking' tools / mechanisms, on higher complexity / risk projects (project classifications 3 & 4) to ensure safe and successful delivery within a robust project controls framework.
• Implement effective project control techniques (in line with best practice), including where appropriate monitoring of 'earned value' cost and schedule variance estimates at completion (EACs) critical path analysis, and risk, to deliver projects effectively.
• Prepare, monitor and forecast expenditure profiles and provide accruals where needed.
• Prepare cost and progress reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical.
• Provide support where relevant to Risk Reviews / workshops, assisting Project Managers with the discharging of their duties leading and guiding the project risk assessment process (where requested).

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Demonstrable experience of successfully discharging Planning related services on medium - large scale / complex projects planning in engineering environments.
• Demonstrable experience in a Project controls role, with experience of team-management.
• Professional qualification in APM or equivalent.
• Commercial and Contract awareness.
• Risk Analysis awareness.
• Demonstrable experience of successful delivery.
• Good working knowledge and proficient in the use of Microsoft Project EPM, Primavera P6, Agresso and Microsoft Office Suite (or other professional project scheduling software packages).
• Demonstrable experience of managing Planning discipline staff / teams, including performance management.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Graduate (minimum 2:2) in relevant discipline.
• Experience of utilising project collaboration software, e.g. Sharepoint, Project Webspace, etc