Senior Project Planner - Hybrid | BESS & UK Energy

Mint Selection | B Corp; Park Central; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus and LTIP

Hybrid work structure

Pension scheme

High-profile BESS projects

Job summary

Mint Selection is seeking a Senior Project Planner to support delivery of cutting-edge Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. The role focuses on ensuring seamless project execution from inception to completion, contributing to the clean energy transition.

The candidate will plan and monitor lifecycles, coordinate schedules/costs, and work with stakeholders to align timelines and validate contractor schedules for high-profile BESS initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven experience in project planning within M&E projects.
• Strong expertise in schedule coordination, cost forecasting, and earned value management.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Plan and monitor full project lifecycles, reporting progress to senior leadership and project managers.
• Coordinate schedules, costs, and resource models, including developing “what-if” scenarios to mitigate project risks.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to align timelines and validate contractor schedules.
• Analyse schedule and cost variances, ensure SIMOPS compliance, and recommend corrective actions to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Support progress reporting, baseline schedule development, and risk management processes.
• Contribute to lessons learned documentation and project closeout activities.

Skills

Schedule coordination

Cost forecasting

Earned value management

SIMOPS

Contractor schedule validation

Stakeholder management

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Renewable energy projects

Tools

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Job description

Mint Selection is seeking a Senior Project Planner to support delivery of cutting-edge Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. The role focuses on ensuring seamless project execution from inception to completion, contributing to the clean energy transition.

The candidate will plan and monitor lifecycles, coordinate schedules/costs, and work with stakeholders to align timelines and validate contractor schedules for high-profile BESS initiatives.