Senior Project Planner

Project Freelance; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training

Development

Pension

Life Insurance

Job summary

Free-Work seeks a Senior Project Planner for a hybrid role in the UK. You will support the planning function on a major infrastructure project, maintaining schedules and governance across several workstreams while ensuring risks and dependencies are correctly reflected in the programme.

Strong Primavera P6 experience and BPSS clearance eligibility are essential, with a 3-days-on-site Manchester pattern and 3 days remote work.

Qualifications

• Project planning background within infrastructure or utilities environments.
• Strong Primavera P6 capability is important.
• Must be eligible for BPSS Clearance.
• Hybrid role with 3 days on-site in Manchester.

Responsibilities

• Maintain programme schedules across multiple workstreams.
• Assist with planning governance, standards and reporting processes.
• Ensure risks, dependencies and change are reflected in project schedules.
• Support scenario modelling and schedule reviews.
• Provide planning updates and reporting to project teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Project Planning

Stakeholder Communication

Governance & Reporting

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Senior Project Planner (BPSS Clearance)

Manchester (Hybrid)

£65,000 to £75,000 + Training + Development + Pension + Life Insurance

An excellent opportunity awaits a project planner with strong commercial experience in the infrastructure or utilities sector, looking to develop their career within complex, high-profile programmes. This role sits within a growing consultancy offering genuine exposure, responsibility and progression.

This company is a growing digital consultancy operating across major infrastructure projects, with a strong focus on the digital tools and technology they develop to strengthen project controls in highly regulated sectors.

In this role you'll be embedded within a complex infrastructure project, supporting the planning function across multiple workstreams. You'll work with the wider planning and project controls team to maintain schedule integrity, ensure risk and dependencies are properly reflected in the programme, and provide stakeholders with a clear view of delivery progress. This role is hybrid, based 3 days on-site in Nottingham and 3 days remote.

The ideal candidate will come from a project planning background within infrastructure or utilities. You'll be confident maintaining schedules, supporting governance frameworks and working with wider project teams to ensure programmes remain accurate and reliable. Strong Primavera P6 capability is important, alongside the ability to communicate clearly with project teams and stakeholders. The right person must be eligible for UK security clearance and meet nationality requirements due to programme sensitivity.

This is a great opportunity for a planner looking to gain exposure to complex infrastructure programmes while developing their experience within a consultancy environment as the team continues to grow.

The Role:

• Support the maintenance of programme schedules across multiple workstreams
• Assist with planning governance, standards and reporting processes
• Ensure risks, dependencies and change are reflected within project schedules
• Support scenario modelling and schedule reviews
• Provide planning updates and reporting to project teams and stakeholders
• Hybrid role based 3 days per week in Manchester

The Person:

• Project planning background within infrastructure or utilities environments
• Experience working with project schedules within complex programmes
• Comfortable working with project teams and supporting planning processes
• Strong commercial Primavera P6 experience
• Keen to develop within a project control or planning environment
• Must be eligible for BPSS Clearance

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.