Senior Planner

Babcock International; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Pension with life assurance

Digital GP & health checks

Employee share scheme

Leave for Reservists

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear is seeking a Senior Planner to deliver critical defence and nuclear infrastructure projects in the Glasgow area. You will develop, baseline and maintain integrated schedules, ensuring alignment with cost and resource plans while supporting decision-making with detailed variance and critical-path reporting.

This role is based in Glasgow, 37 hours per week, with hybrid working available. A Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field is required, and you must be able to

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning within engineering, nuclear, defence or major infrastructure.
• Proficient with Primavera P6 and MS Project to develop and maintain integrated schedules.
• Experience managing schedules across bid through project close-out.
• Applied quantitative risk analysis and schedule performance techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain project structures (WBS, OBS, RBS, CBS).
• Develop and basel ine integrated schedules across project levels.
• Align scheduling with project financial and material demand toolsets.
• Provide schedule analysis, status updates and KPIs for decision-making.
• Produce resource and cost-loaded schedules for business planning and PM performance.

Skills

Scheduling

Risk analysis

Project lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Job Title: Senior Planner

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation: £56,000-£71,500 + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF76279

Shape Complex Defence Infrastructure Projects and Help Build a Safer Future

At Cavendish Nuclear, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Planner based at our Glasgowsite.

The role

As a Senior Planner, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering critical defence and nuclear infrastructure projects that support the UK's national security.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Developing, implementing and maintaining project structures including Work Breakdown Structures, Organisational Breakdown Structures, Resource Breakdown Structures and Cost Breakdown Structures
• Developing, baselining and maintaining integrated project schedules across multiple project levels
• Ensuring alignment between scheduling systems and project financial and material demand toolsets
• Providing schedule analysis, status updates, performance metrics and critical path reporting to support project decision-making
• Producing resource and cost-loaded schedules that support integrated business planning and project performance management

This role is based in Glasgow, working 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Essential experience of the Senior Planner:

• Experience in project planning within an engineering, nuclear, defence, construction or major infrastructure environment is beneficial
• Using advanced scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project to develop and maintain integrated schedules
• Managing project schedules throughout the full project lifecycle, from bid phase through to project close-out
• Applying quantitative risk analysis and schedule performance assessment techniques

Qualifications for the Senior Planner:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

We're Cavendish Nuclear - a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we're shaping a future that lasts - not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 15/10/2026

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