Senior Primavera P6 Planner for Nuclear MEICA Projects

March; Whitehaven; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days leave + holidays

Enhanced pension

Training & development

Wellbeing support

Career progression

Job summary

MARCH is seeking an experienced Primavera P6 Planner to join our Project Controls Team in Whitehaven. You will develop and maintain integrated schedules for complex MEICA design and installation projects within the UK nuclear sector, ensuring alignment with client and regulatory requirements.

Working with project managers, engineers and commercial teams, you will provide scheduling insight, monitor progress, analyse critical paths, and produce look‑ahead programmes and dashboards.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Primavera P6 Planner in the nuclear/regulatory sector.
• Advanced user of Primavera P6 Professional.
• Strong understanding of CPM scheduling and project controls.
• Experience developing and managing detailed project schedules.
• Knowledge of planning, progress reporting, forecasting, change control, and schedule risk analysis.
• Experience supporting engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and the wider Microsoft Office suite.
• Desirable: UK nuclear industry experience and NEC4/EVM familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Produce baseline programmes aligned with project scope, contract requirements and controls procedures.
• Create and maintain WBS, coding structures, calendars, and activity logic.
• Ensure schedules are resource loaded and aligned with cost and risk information.
• Monitor progress against baselines, updating programmes with actual progress and forecast data.
• Analyse critical path, float, and schedule performance to identify risks and opportunities.
• Produce planning outputs including look-ahead programmes, milestones, S-curves and dashboards.
• Support Earned Value Management (EVM) reporting and forecasting activities.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and commercial teams to maintain programme accuracy.
• Facilitate planning workshops and stakeholder meetings.
• Identify programme risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Assess schedule impact of changes and support change control processes.
• Ensure planning activities comply with governance and nuclear standards.

Skills

Primavera P6 experience

Nuclear industry experience

CPM scheduling

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

MEICA coordination

Education

Degree or equivalent (Engineering/PM)

Tools

Primavera P6 Professional

Excel

Power BI

Job description

MARCH is seeking an experienced Primavera P6 Planner to join our Project Controls Team in Whitehaven. You will develop and maintain integrated schedules for complex MEICA design and installation projects within the UK nuclear sector, ensuring alignment with client and regulatory requirements.

Working with project managers, engineers and commercial teams, you will provide scheduling insight, monitor progress, analyse critical paths, and produce look‑ahead programmes and dashboards.