Senior Project Planner - Renewable BESS (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

LTIP

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

High-profile BESS projects

Job summary

Mint Selection is seeking a Senior Project Planner to lead planning for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK, ensuring delivery from inception to completion and contributing to the clean energy transition. You will manage full lifecycles, coordinate schedules and cost models, develop contingency plans, and ensure SIMOPS compliance while engaging senior stakeholders and contractors.

The role requires 10+ years in M&E project planning, strong skills in schedule control and

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

Cost forecasting

Earned value management

SIMOPS

Contractor schedule validation

Risk analysis

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

Primavera P6

PowerBI

Job description

Mint Selection is seeking a Senior Project Planner to lead planning for Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) projects across the UK, ensuring delivery from inception to completion and contributing to the clean energy transition. You will manage full lifecycles, coordinate schedules and cost models, develop contingency plans, and ensure SIMOPS compliance while engaging senior stakeholders and contractors.

The role requires 10+ years in M&E project planning, strong skills in schedule control and