Senior Project Planner – Hybrid for BESS Energy Projects

Mint Selection | B Corp; Hawton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based bonus LTIP

Hybrid work

Pension scheme

High-profile BESS projects

Career growth

Job summary

Mint Selection | B Corp is seeking a Senior Project Planner to drive delivery of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. The role emphasizes rigorous planning from inception to completion, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery within a growing renewable energy program.

The successful candidate will lead schedule development, cost forecasting, risk analysis, and stakeholder coordination in a hybrid work environment, contributing to the UK energy transition and the client’s

Qualifications

• 10+ years of proven experience in project planning within M&E projects.
• Strong expertise in schedule coordination, cost forecasting, and earned value management.
• Solid understanding of SIMOPS, contractor schedule validation, and risk analysis.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and PowerBI.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive mindset with a strong focus on delivering high-impact renewable energy projects.

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

Earned value management

SIMOPS

Contractor schedule validation

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Job description

Mint Selection | B Corp is seeking a Senior Project Planner to drive delivery of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. The role emphasizes rigorous planning from inception to completion, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery within a growing renewable energy program.

The successful candidate will lead schedule development, cost forecasting, risk analysis, and stakeholder coordination in a hybrid work environment, contributing to the UK energy transition and the client’s