Senior Planner

Babcock International Group

Glasgow

Hybrid

GBP 56,000 - 71,500

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance

Pension scheme

Digital GP access

Employee share scheme

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, seeks a Senior Planner in Glasgow with hybrid working. You will deliver critical defence infrastructure schedules, baselining and maintaining complex plans while coordinating with finance and material teams.

The role requires SC clearance and a proactive, detail-oriented approach. You will develop robust schedules, manage risks, and provide performance metrics to support project decisions.

Qualifications

Experience in project planning within engineering, nuclear, defence or major infrastructure environments.
Using Primavera P6 and MS Project to develop and maintain integrated schedules.
Managing schedules through full project lifecycle from bid to close-out.
Applying quantitative risk analysis and schedule performance techniques.

Responsibilities

Develop, baselined and maintain integrated project schedules across multiple levels.
Ensure alignment between scheduling systems and financial/material demand tools.
Provide schedule analysis, status updates and critical path reporting for decision-making.
Produce resource and cost-loaded schedules to support business planning and performance management.
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of defence infrastructure projects.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling analysis

Risk analysis

Cost loading schedules

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/PM/Construction Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Senior Planner

+ Benefits

Full time / Permanent

74215

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.

Job Title: Senior Planner

Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement

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

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF74215

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 FeesReservists 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 careers@babcockinternational.com 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: 30/07/2026

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