Senior Planner: Flexible & Remote Scheduling Lead

AtkinsRéalis; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Planner to drive the delivery of complex programmes across rail, highways, utilities and defence sectors. You'll develop and assure integrated schedules with robust logic, lead planning across bids and delivery, and provide expert guidance on scheduling strategy.

The role requires strong communication with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams, experience with NEC/JCT/FIDIC contract understanding, and ability to mentor junior planners.

Qualifications

• Planning on complex or multidisciplinary projects.
• Excellent communication with senior stakeholders.
• Mentor junior planners and support skill development.
• Broad understanding of project controls disciplines and lifecycle governance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and assure integrated project schedules with strong logic and critical path.
• Lead planning input across bids, mobilisation and delivery phases.
• Deliver schedule analysis including critical path and what-if modelling.
• Integrate schedule, cost and risk information for reporting.
• Maintain baselines and change control with accurate representation.

Skills

Planning experience

Communication skills

Mentoring

Contract knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Open Plan

Asta Powerproject

Job description

AtkinsRéalis in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Planner to drive the delivery of complex programmes across rail, highways, utilities and defence sectors. You'll develop and assure integrated schedules with robust logic, lead planning across bids and delivery, and provide expert guidance on scheduling strategy.

The role requires strong communication with senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams, experience with NEC/JCT/FIDIC contract understanding, and ability to mentor junior planners.