Senior Planner & Project Controls Lead

Bilfinger UK; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Bilfinger UK is seeking a Senior Planner to direct cost and expenditure transparency, project controls and scheduling across contracts while ensuring best practice across the business.

You will lead the planning function, develop control strategies, monitor progress, and collaborate with commercial managers, project managers and engineers to deliver objectives within scope, schedule and budget.

Qualifications

• 8 years of leadership experience in project controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• Experience with P6, ERP systems, and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage an effective project controls strategy.
• Ensure project schedules with resource loading and critical path analysis.
• Collaborate with commercial managers to meet scope, schedule and budget.
• Set up and lead Project Control Meetings.
• Monitor expenditure and adjust budgets via change control.

Skills

P6

Project controls

Leadership

PowerBI

MS Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related fields

Tools

SAP

PowerBI

MS Office

Job description

Bilfinger is a leading international industrial services provider, driving efficiency and sustainability for the process industry. With about 31,000 employees and over €5.4 billion in revenue in 2025, we offer solutions in consulting, engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, turnarounds, and digital applications across key sectors like energy, chemicals, pharma, and oil & gas.

Shape the future with Bilfinger UK: With a strong commitment to sustainability, Bilfinger UK stands out as a premier provider of engineering and maintenance services. For over 50 years, Bilfinger UK has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation, delivering advanced solutions that support industries, infrastructure, and communities across the United Kingdom.

As a key member of the globally respected Bilfinger Group, Bilfinger UK has built a reputation as a versatile leader, offering both onshore and offshore services. From energy and utilities to pharmaceuticals and petrochemicals, the company’s broad expertise across various sectors makes it a trusted partner in the industry, as well as a work environment where you can develop your potential.

At Bilfinger, we offer a work environment where you can learn and grow. Join us and be part of a team shaping the future!

The Role

The Senior Planner is responsible for consulting and directing the function to provide cost/expenditure transparency, project controls, processes and planning activities to projects and contracts whilst ensuring parity and best practice across the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and manage an effective project control strategy whilst maintaining the project controls plan and associated procedures
• Ensure project schedules, including resource loading, critical path analysis and progress monitoring are adopted across all projects
• Collaborate with commercial manager, project managers and engineers to ensure project objectives are achieved within scope, schedule, and budget constraint
• Establish cost engineering systems to monitor, control and report costs
• Aid in the development, integration and optimisation of project programmes
• Liaise with PMs/RDs to manage the provision of appropriate resources and expertise to successfully deliver the project control activities
• Liaise with project teams to identify project risks and associated control measures, plus opportunities
• Assist in the development and monitor the performance of key contracts
• Ownership of the update of business process and reporting systems/timelines through to project closure
• Develop bespoke and/or generic rules of credit
• Develop structured naming conventions in P6 to be rolled out through the business
  
  

Specific Activities

• Review and approve prior to issuance all cost/planning information required for Monthly Project Board meeting
• Set up and lead the Project Control Meetings
• Ensure we have robust monthly project updates to the project risk registers and value analysis processes
• Manage the integration of programmes from various sources
• Implement progress monitoring and productivity measurement
• Define and issue the project work breakdown structure and estimating format
• Monitor expenditure and adjust budgets in accordance with the project change control system
  
  

Experience & Qualifications

• Knowledge and proficiency in P6
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written, plus strong analytical skills
• 8 years of experience in a leadership role in project controls
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business or related fields experience in Construction Management, and or ICostE, CEng, IEng
• ERP system, estimating software, SAP
• PMO Experience
• Knowledge or and experience using PowerBI and MS tools
• Excellent communication skills
  
  

For additional information please contact Leo Andrew Carvel Taylor by email [e-mail].

Bilfinger is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.

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