Senior Planner – Infrastructure Programs & Schedule Strategy

Assystem; Banbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Assystem in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Planner to develop, maintain and report integrated schedules for a major infrastructure programme, working client-side to deliver objectives on scope, time, cost and risk.

The role uses Primavera P6 to monitor progress, challenge contractor programmes, perform schedule risk analysis, and produce regular leadership reports; you will run workshops, support governance, and integrate schedule data with cost and risk functions.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in planning and scheduling within major infrastructure, rail, transportation, utilities, or construction projects.
• Experience reviewing and challenging contractor programmes.
• Understanding NEC contracts and programme management requirements.
• Knowledge of critical path analysis, earned value principles, schedule risk analysis, and programme controls.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to present complex schedule information to senior management and project boards.
• Experience working within a client, sponsor, or programme management environment.

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.

Skills

Significant experience in planning and

Contractor programme review

NEC contracts understanding

Critical path analysis knowledge

Earned value principles

Schedule risk analysis

Programme controls

Stakeholder management

Communication to senior management

Client/sponsor environment experience

Job description

Assystem in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Planner to develop, maintain and report integrated schedules for a major infrastructure programme, working client-side to deliver objectives on scope, time, cost and risk.

The role uses Primavera P6 to monitor progress, challenge contractor programmes, perform schedule risk analysis, and produce regular leadership reports; you will run workshops, support governance, and integrate schedule data with cost and risk functions.