Senior Planning Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy seeks a Senior Planning Engineer for pivotal energy infrastructure projects across the UK. This hybrid role involves validating project schedules, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Join to drive transformation in the UK's gas distribution network, contributing to energy security and infrastructure resilience.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Impactful infrastructure projects

Dynamic, high-performing team

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Planning Engineer.
• Extensive expertise in schedule assurance and compliance.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6.

Responsibilities

• Validate and assure project schedules.
• Collaborate with delivery teams on planning processes.
• Monitor progress against schedules and report variances.

Skills

Schedule Assurance

Communication

Risk Management

Governance

Continuous Improvement

Education

Experience in Infrastructure or Energy sector

Tools

Primavera P6

Primavera Database Management

Job description

Job Description

Senior Planning Engineer – Assurance Works

Nottingham or Warwick | Hybrid

Permanent: £75K–£85K + Benefits

Contract: £500–£550/day (Inside IR35)

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.