Senior Planner

Renewables; Glasgow, Blantyre; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Aureos is seeking a Senior Planner to develop and maintain detailed project programmes using Primavera P6 across energy and infrastructure projects in the UK. You will create baseline schedules aligned with contract requirements and monitor progress with site and engineering feedback.

You will identify critical paths, assess risks and opportunities, produce recovery plans, and support tender submissions with phased plans.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering project programmes using Primavera P6.
• Experience creating baseline schedules aligned with contracts.
• Ability to mentor junior planners.

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.

Skills

Project planning

Schedule management

Critical path analysis

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

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.

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are 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.

Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.