Senior Project Planner

Babcock International; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and engineering firm is seeking a Senior Project Planner to support critical projects from their Rosyth site. The role involves applying advanced project planning techniques and ensuring alignment across financial systems. Essential expertise includes strong network scheduling and proficiency in Primavera P6. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive compensation package, along with excellent development opportunities and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Payment of Professional Fees

'Be Kind Day' for volunteering

Excellent development opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of network scheduling is required.
• Proficiency in scheduling tools like Primavera P6 is essential.
• Experience in forensic planning and full project lifecycle is valuable.
• Excellent communication skills for presentations are a must.
• A proactive approach to meet objectives is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop project structures and maintain integrated schedules.
• Build and baseline integrated project schedules from Levels 1 to 4.
• Ensure alignment between scheduling tools and financial systems.
• Provide regular status updates and metrics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders for planning insights.

Skills

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

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Planner

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Compensation: £56,570 - £66,229 + Benefits

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

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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 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: 09/01/2026