Senior Planner

Babcock International; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 71,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension plan

Digital GP

Share scheme

Shopping portal

Professional fees paid

Reservist leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear in Glasgow is seeking a Senior Planner to support critical defence and nuclear infrastructure projects. Based at our Glasgow site, you will work in a hybrid arrangement to deliver robust schedules and analysis for UK national security initiatives.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining project structures, baselining schedules, and aligning scheduling with cost and material planning. Collaboration across teams and rigorous risk assessment are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, PM, Construction or related field.
• Experience in planning for engineering, nuclear, defence or major infrastructure.
• Proficient with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project for integrated schedules.
• SC security clearance eligibility and UK security vetting awareness.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project structures and cost breakdowns for complex programmes.
• Baseline and manage integrated schedules across multiple project levels.
• Ensure alignment between schedules and cost/material planning tools.
• Provide schedule analysis, status updates and critical path reporting.
• Produce resource and cost-loaded schedules for business planning.

Skills

Project planning

Risk analysis

Schedule reporting

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/PM/Construction

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: SF74215

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 Glasgow site.

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.

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 are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 30/07/2026