Senior Planner - HS2

Assystem GmbH; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem GmbH in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Planner to develop and maintain integrated schedules for a major infrastructure programme. You will work client-side, provide planning assurance, and support governance across scope, time, cost, and risk.

The role requires expertise in Primavera P6, strong analytical skills, and the ability to report to senior stakeholders with clear, actionable insights. On-site presence in Banbury is expected.

Qualifications

• Experience creating and maintaining integrated project schedules.
• Ability to report planning performance to senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical approach to schedule risks and mitigation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and review integrated programme schedules.
• Monitor contractor programmes, assess progress and critical path.
• Provide independent challenge of contractor schedules and recovery plans.
• Analyse schedule performance, trends, milestones, float and risks.
• Produce regular planning and performance reports for leadership.
• Support governance, procedures and data integration with cost and risk.

Skills

Integrated scheduling

Schedule governance

Risk analysis

Stakeholder reporting

Performance analysis

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Role Purpose

The Senior Planner is responsible for developing, maintaining, analysing, and reporting integrated project schedules across a major infrastructure programme. Working client-side, the role provides planning assurance, performance analysis, schedule governance, and strategic programme controls support to ensure the successful delivery of project objectives relating to scope, time, cost, and risk.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and review integrated programme and project schedules within Primavera P6. Monitor contractor and delivery partner programmes, assessing progress, logic, critical path, schedule health, and forecast completion dates. Provide independent challenge and assurance of contractor schedules, methodologies, and recovery plans. Analyse schedule performance, trends, milestones, float consumption, and programme risks. Support change control processes by assessing the time impact of proposed changes and compensation events. Produce regular planning and performance reports for project leadership and senior stakeholders. Facilitate planning workshops, schedule reviews, and risk sessions. Ensure compliance with programme controls standards, planning procedures, and governance requirements. Support integration of schedule data with cost, risk, and reporting functions. Identify potential delays and develop mitigation and recovery strategies. Contribute to business cases, delivery strategies, and programme-level planning activities.