Senior Project Planner

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Dunfermline, Rosyth; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence contractor is seeking a Senior Project Planner to join their team in Rosyth, Scotland. The role involves developing and maintaining integrated project schedules using advanced planning techniques. Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong knowledge of network scheduling and proficiency in scheduling tools like Primavera P6. This position offers a hybrid working environment and includes benefits such as a matched pension scheme, health checks, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Professional fees payment

Holiday Trading benefits

‘Be Kind Day’ volunteering leave

Qualifications

• Experience in network scheduling for complex projects.
• Advanced proficiency in scheduling tools, particularly Primavera P6.
• Proven experience in forensic planning throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong communication skills for conveying complex information effectively.
• Ability to meet challenging objectives proactively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project structures and integrated schedules.
• Ensure scheduling tools align with financial and material systems.
• Provide status updates and critical path analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for accurate planning insights.

Skills

Network scheduling

Primavera P6

Forensic planning

Communication skills

Proactive approach

Job description

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Senior Project Planner

Location: Rosyth, Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, GB, KY11 2YD

Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid

Job Title: Senior Project Planner

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70312

Shape the Future of Defence and Engineering

At Babcock 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 our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Senior Project Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of our Marine business, applying advanced project planning techniques across complex programmes. You’ll develop and maintain integrated schedules, ensuring alignment with financial and material demand systems. This is a role where your expertise will make a real difference - supporting critical projects, influencing outcomes, and driving success.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Develop, define, and maintain project structures (WBS/OBS/RBS/CBS).
• Build and baseline integrated project schedules (Levels 1–4).
• Ensure alignment between scheduling tools and financial/material systems.
• Provide regular status updates, metrics, and critical path analysis.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver accurate and timely planning insights.

This role is full time, 36 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Senior Project Planner

• Strong knowledge of network scheduling.
• Advanced proficiency in scheduling tools such as Primavera P6.
• Experience in forensic planning and full project lifecycle.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting complex information clearly.
• Proactive approach with the ability to meet challenging objectives.

Qualifications for the Senior Project Planner

• We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

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 at United 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 Babcock 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.

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please [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.

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