Senior Planner - Energy & Natural Resources

Turner & Townsend; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Planner to join their dynamic team focused on Controls & Performance in the Natural Resources and New Energies sector. This role offers the chance to work on high-profile projects while collaborating with a talented community of planning and scheduling professionals. You will lead planning efforts, tailor approaches to meet client needs, and drive project performance through effective scheduling and analysis. If you are passionate about making a positive impact in a collaborative environment and possess the skills to navigate complex project landscapes, this opportunity is perfect for you to enhance your career and contribute to meaningful outcomes.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Career development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• Experience in using scheduling tools like Primavera P6 and MS Project.
• Ability to deliver updates on planning progress in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Tailoring planning approaches to meet client needs and leading planning teams.
• Evaluating project schedule progress and identifying problem areas.

Skills

Project Management

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Communication Skills

Scheduling Expertise

Problem Solving

Education

Formal training in Planning & Scheduling

Experience in Construction or Engineering

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Cemar Contract Management

Tilos Time location software

Job description

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend, our award-winning Controls & Performance team is focused on driving innovation, enhancing our client’s integrated controls capability, improving performance, and delivering better programme outcomes. We have a growing national team of over 600 Controls & Performance professionals. The breadth and scale of our team provides great opportunities to enhance your knowledge and career. Our strong capability, discipline communities, and varied client base provide a great opportunity to drive your career, supported by our career pathways.

Please find out more about us at: Turner & Townsend Purpose and Values

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our busy and expanding Natural Resources and New Energies team, who are undertaking a range of Controls & Performance duties on several high-profile Projects/Programmes. Additionally, this role will provide the opportunity to innovate, collaborate, and learn from our experienced and award-winning Planning & Scheduling community and extensive Controls and Performance Network.

Qualifications

Working alongside project delivery teams as part of a wider planning & scheduling team or independently with reach back support to experienced planning professionals, responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Tailoring planning approaches to meet the client’s needs in line with best practice.
• Leading members of the planning team to develop and maintain plans on highly complex, high-risk projects or programmes.
• Working with the project team to define scope of work to develop and update detailed schedules, cost information, and identification of variances from the original plan.
• Evaluating project schedule progress and performance and identifying developing problem areas.
• Breaking down the critical path and constraints to understand the effect of changes to the schedule and recommend work-arounds.
• Leading analysis to understand alternative courses of action or recovery on slipped schedules.
• Leading the development of status reports to keep management informed on project progress.
• Training and coaching clients and less experienced team members on planning processes and practices.
• Challenging schedule information to ensure it is realistic, robust, and stands up to scrutiny.
• Understanding and being able to explain the EVM reported periodically.

The Candidate

Skills And Behaviours

• Ability to interact with Management/Leadership members when delivering updates on planning progress within a complex project/programme environment.
• Ability to act as a subject matter expert, delivering to planning processes on complex projects/programmes along with all associated processes & reports.
• Guiding the team on appropriate use of systems and tools in relation to Planning & Scheduling.
• Working to make positive change happen by embracing challenges and opportunities for our clients.
• A UK driving license or the ability to travel to client sites across the region, as required, is essential.

Qualifications And Experience

• Experience in using a standard scheduling tool (Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.) is essential (must be willing to attend Primavera P6 training as required).
• Practical application of Earned Value Management (EVM) is desirable.
• Having attended formal training in Tilos Time location software is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience of Cemar Contract Management tool or equivalent is desirable.
• Familiarity with NEC contracts is desirable.

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at Turner & Townsend.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Strategy/Planning, Consulting, and Engineering
Industries: Construction, Civil Engineering, and Business Consulting and Services