Senior Project Planner: Remote Scheduling & Stakeholder Lead

Atos; Wideopen; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days paid leave

Pension Scheme - contributions matched

Private Medical Cover

Income Protection

Life Assurance

Flex Benefits Program

Job summary

Atos is seeking a Project Planner to own the development, management and optimisation of complex project schedules across the full lifecycle. You will act as the planning interface between clients, design partners, contractors and suppliers to ensure integrated, robust plans aligned with client requirements.

You will use schedule analysis, reporting and risk insights to identify issues early, support informed decision-making and keep programme delivery on track.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in project planning, scheduling and project controls.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence reporting to senior client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and optimise detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project, integrating contractor and supplier schedules into a single master programme.
• Oversee planning throughout the project lifecycle, from initiation and design through procurement, build and test, implementation/commissioning and handover.
• Monitor progress, analyse schedule variances and critical paths, and develop timely recovery and mitigation strategies.
• Act as the primary planning liaison for the client, leading programme plan reviews with client representatives, design partners and contractors and providing clear, data-driven insights.
• Produce weekly and monthly planning reports covering progress and milestone performance, while maintaining baseline control, effective change management and visibility of schedule risks, constraints and interdependencies.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Project controls

Microsoft Project

Stakeholder management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Atos is seeking a Project Planner to own the development, management and optimisation of complex project schedules across the full lifecycle. You will act as the planning interface between clients, design partners, contractors and suppliers to ensure integrated, robust plans aligned with client requirements.

You will use schedule analysis, reporting and risk insights to identify issues early, support informed decision-making and keep programme delivery on track.