Senior Planner, SRO PMO (Hybrid - Leeds)

Yorkshire Water; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus up to 15%

Pension scheme up to 12%

Life assurance 4x pensionable salary

25 days annual leave + wellness days

Benefits package

Retail savings scheme

Online GP service

Cycle to work scheme

Gym membership discounts

Job summary

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Senior Planner (SRO) to join the Asset Delivery PMO Team in Leeds. You will help establish the SRO PMO, lead planning for a £3bn water infrastructure programme, and ensure regulatory compliance, efficiency, and safety across projects.

Reporting to Planning Manager, you will set up holistic, scalable project governance, align with RAPID requirements, and support senior leaders with expert scheduling guidance in a hybrid, permanent role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Planning.

Responsibilities

• Schedule Management: Create and maintain complex, integrated programme schedules and work breakdown structures.
• Compliance & Governance: Align timelines with Ofwat’s gated process and internal corporate standards and requirements.
• Baseline & EVM: Build resource-loaded baselines suitable for Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Partner Oversight: Validate third‑party contractor schedules against NEC contractual parameters.
• Performance Tracking: Monitor progress using SPI/CPI metrics and produce executive dashboards.
• Risk & Scenario Planning: Run what-if scenarios, resolve schedule slippage, and mitigate bottlenecks.
• Cross-Functional Unity: Collaborate with Cost, Risk, and Commercial teams to manage change controls.
• Advisory Leadership: Provide planning guidance to senior leaders and project managers.

Skills

Schedule management

Compliance & governance

Baseline & EVM

Partner oversight

Performance tracking

Risk & scenario planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Advisory leadership

Job description

Yorkshire Water is seeking a Senior Planner (SRO) to join the Asset Delivery PMO Team in Leeds. You will help establish the SRO PMO, lead planning for a £3bn water infrastructure programme, and ensure regulatory compliance, efficiency, and safety across projects.

Reporting to Planning Manager, you will set up holistic, scalable project governance, align with RAPID requirements, and support senior leaders with expert scheduling guidance in a hybrid, permanent role.