Senior Planning Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Chesterfield; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an award-winning consultancy as a Senior Planning Engineer focusing on the assurance of critical gas infrastructure projects in the UK. This hybrid role will allow you to ensure project schedule integrity, collaborate with stakeholders, and contribute to impactful infrastructure initiatives. With opportunities for career progression and a flexible work environment, this position plays a key role in enhancing the UK's energy infrastructure.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Participation in impactful projects

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Planning Engineer in infrastructure or utilities.
• Advanced proficiency in schedule assurance and compliance.
• Expertise in Primavera P6, WBS, and critical path analysis.

Responsibilities

• Validate and assure project schedules and align them with goals.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize planning processes.
• Monitor progress against schedules and suggest corrective actions.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Risk Management

Tools

Primavera P6

Primavera Database Management

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? Senior Planning Engineer – Assurance Works

? Nottingham or Warwick | Hybrid

? Join the Future of Energy Infrastructure.

We’re partnering with an award-winning consultancy to support the delivery of game-changing projects for a leading UK gas distribution provider. This is your chance to play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth delivery of nationally significant infrastructure projects that drive the future of energy across the UK.

Based in Nottingham or Warwick, you’ll work in a hybrid capacity, collaborating with senior stakeholders to validate, optimize, and elevate project schedules to meet regulatory, commercial, and technical benchmarks.

? Your Impact

As a Senior Planning Engineer (Assurance), you will ensure that every project plan is not just accurate, but robust and reliable, enabling flawless delivery of critical gas infrastructure works. You will provide strategic assurance on schedule integrity, challenging and guiding teams to maintain the highest standards.

? Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure Accuracy: Validate and assure project schedules, ensuring they align with project goals, regulatory requirements, and technical specifications. Identify risks and recommend improvements.
• Collaborate & Optimize: Work alongside delivery teams and stakeholders to address vulnerabilities, highlight risks, and drive continuous improvement in planning processes.
• Monitor & Report: Track progress against schedules, report on variances, and suggest corrective actions to maintain project momentum.
• Uphold Standards: Safeguard project planning quality through adherence to assurance frameworks and best practices.
• Leverage Expertise: Use Primavera P6 to manage, optimize, and interrogate project timelines, critical paths, and dependencies.

? What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience as a Planning Engineer in sectors such as infrastructure, utilities, or energy.
• Extensive expertise in schedule assurance, governance, and compliance.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6, with a deep understanding of WBS, earned value, and critical path analysis.
• Hands-on experience with Primavera Database management is a strong plus.
• Knowledge of working within highly regulated industries, particularly gas or utilities, is highly desirable.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Familiarity with assurance processes, audits, and industry-leading planning standards.

? Why Join?

• Be part of an award-winning consultancy that’s shaping the future of infrastructure delivery across the UK.
• Play a key role in transforming the UK's gas distribution network—a vital service for the country’s energy resilience.
• Choose your career path: permanent position or flexible contract engagement.
• Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working while collaborating with a dynamic, high-performing team.
• Contribute to projects that matter, with tangible outcomes for energy security and infrastructure.

? Ready to drive excellence in planning?

Apply today and take your career to the next level with impactful infrastructure projects that define the future of UK energy.