Senior Planner - Nuclear Projects & Programme Controls

Rullion; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rullion is seeking a Senior Planner to develop, maintain and assure integrated project schedules across nuclear projects and contracts. You will support baseline management, forecast updates and governance throughout the lifecycle.

Reporting to the Lead Project Planner, you will drive planning standards, risk integration, and schedule assurance, coordinating across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and risk teams while maintaining auditable records.

Qualifications

• Degree(s) in construction management, civil engineering, engineering, project management or project controls.
• 10+ years in project planning, programme controls or construction planning in regulated sectors.
• Experience developing & maintaining integrated project schedules.
• Advanced use of Primavera P6, MS Project, Excel and reporting tools.
• Experience defining planning standards and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Establish planning procedures aligned with contractual requirements.
• Implement planning controls suitable for project maturity and client needs.
• Ensure baselines, milestones and progress records are auditable.
• Develop planning assurance and coordination processes for certainty and productivity.
• Coordinate inputs from engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and risk teams.
• Maintain planning relationships with clients and supply chain partners.
• Establish schedule performance measures and lookahead plans.
• Lead risks, dependencies and change in scheduling.
• Communicate constraints and dependencies clearly to stakeholders.

Skills

Integrated scheduling

Critical path analysis

Programme controls

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Construction Management

Degree in Civil Engineering

Degree in Engineering

Degree in Project Management

Degree in Project Controls

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

Rullion is seeking a Senior Planner to develop, maintain and assure integrated project schedules across nuclear projects and contracts. You will support baseline management, forecast updates and governance throughout the lifecycle.

Reporting to the Lead Project Planner, you will drive planning standards, risk integration, and schedule assurance, coordinating across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and risk teams while maintaining auditable records.