Senior Project Planner - Energy & Natural Resources

Turner & Townsend; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking a Senior Planner to provide day-to-day planning assurance and construction planning support across a major project, with a focus on contractor and subcontractor programme assurance and progress validation.

The role requires regular site presence in Teesside (3–4 days a week) to support planning, progress validation and engagement with Contractors, aligned with site meetings and package reviews.

Qualifications

• Senior planning experience on major onshore construction projects.
• Strong Primavera P6 experience, including programme review, baseline comparison, progress updates, critical path analysis and forecast assessment.
• Experience working in a site-based construction environment with direct interface with Contractors and Subcontractors.
• Good understanding of construction sequencing, productivity, site constraints, access issues and package interfaces.
• Ability to challenge programme submissions and provide clear, practical planning advice.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to make risk-based decisions where parameters are unclear and judgement is needed.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Capability to navigate through conflict situations and defuse tension.

Responsibilities

• Review Contractor and Subcontractor programmes, progress updates, lookahead schedules and Level 4 planning submissions.
• Support day-to-day planning assurance across key construction packages.
• Monitor progress against the Performance Baseline, forecast programme and key project milestones.
• Review short-term construction planning, including 3-week lookaheads and package-level delivery plans.
• Identify schedule risks, logic issues, interface constraints, progress slippage and critical path concerns.
• Support site progress validation through engagement with construction, QS, cost and package teams.
• Contribute to monthly reporting, schedule narratives, variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Attend site progress, planning, construction coordination and package review meetings.
• Escalate programme concerns and support mitigation planning where required.
• Creation, development and maintenance of project schedules that assist and align with project requirements on a complex, risk-managed project or programme.
• Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of schedule data and submissions.

Skills

Senior planning

Primavera P6

Site-based construction

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Risk assessment

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Main Purpose of the Role

The Senior Planner will provide day‑to‑day planning assurance and construction planning support across the project, supplementing the existing planning function and strengthening package‑level schedule review, progress validation and reporting. The role will focus on Contractor and Subcontractor programme assurance, site progress validation, short‑term planning and the identification of emerging schedule risks.

The role is expected to have regular site presence in Teesside 3-4 days a week to support construction planning, progress validation and Contractor engagement, with attendance aligned to key site meetings, package reviews and project reporting requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Review Contractor and Subcontractor programmes, progress updates, lookahead schedules and Level 4 planning submissions.
• Support day‑to‑day planning assurance across key construction packages.
• Monitor progress against the Performance Baseline, forecast programme and key project milestones.
• Review short‑term construction planning, including 3‑week lookaheads and package‑level delivery plans.
• Identify schedule risks, logic issues, interface constraints, progress slippage and critical path concerns.
• Support site progress validation through engagement with construction, QS, cost and package teams.
• Contribute to monthly reporting, schedule narratives, variance analysis and performance commentary.
• Support alignment between planning, cost, QS, commercial and project controls outputs.
• Attend site progress, planning, construction coordination and package review meetings.
• Escalate programme concerns and support mitigation planning where required.
• Creation, development and maintenance of project schedules that assist and align with project requirements on a complex, risk‑managed project or programme.
• Adherence to NEC or FIDIC contract processes for management of schedule data and submissions.

Qualifications

• Senior planning experience on major onshore construction projects, ideally within Oil & Gas, clean energy, energy transition, heavy industrial, Petrochem or major infrastructure environments.
• Strong Primavera P6 experience, including programme review, baseline comparison, progress updates, critical path analysis and forecast assessment.
• Experience working in a site‑based construction environment with direct interface with Contractors and Subcontractors.
• Good understanding of construction sequencing, productivity, site constraints, access issues and package interfaces.
• Ability to challenge programme submissions and provide clear, practical planning advice.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to make risk‑based decisions where parameters are unclear and judgement is needed.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to mobilise, inspire and lead by example.
• Strong stakeholder management experience.
• Capability to navigate through conflict situations and defuse tension.

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.