Senior Planner (SRO): Major Infrastructure, Hybrid

Yorkshire Water; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive up to 15%

Pension up to 12% of salary

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

25 days annual leave + 2 wellness days

Health and dental insurance

Retail savings scheme

Online GP service

Cycle to work

Gym discounts

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Senior Planner (SRO) to join the Asset Delivery PMO. You will lead planning for a £3bn water infrastructure programme, ensuring regulatory compliance, efficiency and safety across cross-functional teams.

Key elements include schedule management, baseline planning for EVM, and governance alignment with Ofwat and NEC contracts. Hybrid working in Leeds; PMP/APM credentials are highly valued.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in planning, with large-scale infrastructure project experience.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, and earned value management.
• Proficient with resource-loaded schedules and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain complex, integrated programme schedules and work breakdown structures.
• Align timelines with governance standards and requirements.
• Build resource-loaded baselines for Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Validate third-party contractor schedules against contractual parameters.
• Monitor progress with SPI/CPI metrics and produce executive dashboards.
• Run what-if scenarios to mitigate bottlenecks and manage change.

Skills

10+ years planning experience

Work Breakdown structures

Logic-linked programme development

Baseline management

Critical path analysis

APM / PMP certification

Education

APM/PMP certification

Tools

Oracle Primavera (P6)

Job description

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Senior Planner (SRO) to join the Asset Delivery PMO. You will lead planning for a £3bn water infrastructure programme, ensuring regulatory compliance, efficiency and safety across cross-functional teams.

Key elements include schedule management, baseline planning for EVM, and governance alignment with Ofwat and NEC contracts. Hybrid working in Leeds; PMP/APM credentials are highly valued.