Senior Project Planner — Hybrid, Renewable BESS Projects

Mint Selection | B Corp; North Leigh; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus & LTIP

Hybrid work

Pension

Job summary

Mint Selection seeks a Senior Project Planner to drive delivery of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. You will lead planning from inception to completion, coordinating schedules, costs and resources with senior leadership, and ensuring risk-informed progress.

The role requires extensive M&E project planning experience, strong Primavera P6 and PowerBI skills, and a proactive approach to delivering high-profile renewable energy initiatives with a hybrid working

Qualifications

• 10+ years in project planning for M&E projects.
• Strong skills in schedule coordination, cost forecasting and earned value management.
• Solid SIMOPS knowledge, contractor schedule validation and risk analysis.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Project planning

Schedule coordination

Earned value management

SIMOPS

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Stakeholder management

Communication

Proactive mindset

Tools

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Job description

Mint Selection seeks a Senior Project Planner to drive delivery of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK. You will lead planning from inception to completion, coordinating schedules, costs and resources with senior leadership, and ensuring risk-informed progress.

The role requires extensive M&E project planning experience, strong Primavera P6 and PowerBI skills, and a proactive approach to delivering high-profile renewable energy initiatives with a hybrid working