Senior Project Planner

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leader in the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear seeks a Senior Project Planner to oversee complex projects at their Bristol or Newbury locations. The role involves creating and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6 along with analysing risks and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Along with a competitive salary, the position offers hybrid working arrangements, professional development, and extensive benefits to ensure employee well-being.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP and annual health check

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Background in large-scale, complex projects, preferably in nuclear.
• Experience in using Primavera P6 in a project delivery environment.
• Understanding of critical path and earned value analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Analyse project data to identify risks and trends.
• Communicate schedule updates to stakeholders.

Skills

Project Planning

Risk Analysis

Schedule Management

Data Analysis

Education

Degree in Project Management or Engineering

Recognised Planning Qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

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Senior Project Planner

Location:

Bristol, GB, BS16 1EJ

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Project Planner
Location: Bristol or Newbury – Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63926

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Planner at one of our Bristol or Newbury sites.

The role

As a Senior Project Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be instrumental in ensuring complex nuclear projects are effectively planned, executed, and delivered on time and within budget.

Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for the creation, maintenance and analysis of detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 to drive delivery across multidisciplinary programmes.

• Develop and maintain project schedules using Primavera P6
• Analyse project data to identify risks, trends, and delays
• Integrate planning with cost, risk, and resource data to provide a holistic view of project status
• Communicate schedule updates and reporting to stakeholders
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure accuracy and alignment across all workstreams

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Planner

• Background in planning within large-scale, complex projects (preferably within nuclear, defence, or infrastructure sectors)
• Proven understanding of critical path, earned value, and schedule risk analysis
• Extensive and demonstrable experience using Primavera P6 in a project delivery environment

Qualifications for the Senior Project Planner

• Degree or equivalent experience in project management, engineering, or a related field
• Recognised planning or project controls qualification is desirable

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check(SC)security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available atUnited Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we’re innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group – from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date: 07/07/2025

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