Senior Planner

Linesight; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global project management consultancy is seeking a Senior Planner to build and manage project schedules. This role requires expertise in planning and scheduling, particularly with Primavera P6. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, ensuring clear project ownership and adherence to established methodologies. Opportunities for career progression and a strong team culture await the right individual.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in planning and scheduling.
• Expert in interpreting and communicating QRA findings.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment managing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Build project schedules using critical path methodology.
• Define project ownership via Work Breakdown Structure.
• Manage integrated project schedules for detailed reviews.
• Negotiate timelines with key partners.

Skills

Planning and scheduling

Quantitative risk assessment

Detail-oriented

Communication

Ability to manage priorities

Education

Degree in project management or construction

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Overview

As aSenior PlanneratLinesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Build project schedules encompassing full project scope,milestonesand timelines, using critical planmethodology
• Ensure clear responsibility and ownership for all project outcomes is defined via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)methodology
• Ensure schedule adheres to the project execution plan and in particular contracting, procurement and project control strategy documents andplans
• Ensure there is a clear method in place for baselining of schedules and manage periodicupdates
• Manage the fully integrated project schedule and structure it to allow review at a range of levels anddetails
• Negotiate and mediate timelines and project interdependencies between key partners for a great clientoutcome
• Provideregular updates on scheduleprogress
• Review external schedules to ensure that they are compiled using scheduling bestpractices

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have grown your planning and scheduling skills
• Havedemonstratedquantitative risk assessment (QRA) experience, and expertly interpret and communicate findings to keypartners
• Have working experience using Primavera P6 planning software to build yourschedule
• Have a degree or comparable experience in a project management orconstruction
• Are detail oriented and qualityfocused
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities anddeadlines

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

About us

Linesight isa highly successfulglobal project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You seewe’renot like the others.We’redifferent. Unique.It’sour fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment.We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity,inclusionand accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability areprovidedreasonable accommodation toparticipatein the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If yourequireassistanceor accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!