Strategic Planning Manager - Hybrid/Remote

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/remote working policy

Flexible holidays

Training & development

Disability Confident employer

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis UK is seeking an experienced Senior Planning professional to lead and mentor planning teams on complex, multidisciplinary programmes, delivering robust schedules and clear governance.

You will shape scheduling strategy, manage baselines, and provide schedule-cost-risk analysis for senior stakeholders, drawing on Primavera P6, MS Project, Open Plan and Asta Powerproject. Hybrid working and security clearance may apply.

Qualifications

• Extensive planning experience on complex programmes.
• Proven leadership of planning teams and delivery of schedules.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6, MSP, Open Plan and Asta Powerproject.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage planning teams, providing coaching, direction and quality assurance across all scheduling outputs.
• Develop the overall planning strategy for programmes, including schedule structure, governance, reporting frameworks and integration requirements.
• Oversee development and maintenance of fully integrated project and programme schedules, ensuring robust logic, sequencing, critical path and change control.
• Provide authoritative schedule analysis, including scenario modelling, critical path evaluations, impact assessments and mitigation strategies for senior stakeholders.
• Lead schedule-related elements of performance measurement, including Earned Value Management, trend analysis and schedule-cost-risk integration.
• Ensure effective baseline management and alignment with contractual and governance requirements.
• Provide leadership in planning reporting, producing clear, consistent and insightful status updates and narratives for clients and senior leadership.
• Build strong client and stakeholder relationships, representing the Planning Function at senior level and influencing strategic outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardisation and best practice across planning processes, tools and methodologies.
• Oversee compliance with relevant contract requirements (NEC, JCT, FIDIC etc.) and ensure planning obligations are met.
• Support bid and work-winning activities, defining planning methodologies, estimating schedule requirements and presenting planning approaches.
• Champion the development of capability across the planning community and contribute to the growth of our service offering.

Skills

Leadership & people mgmt

Scheduling expertise

Stakeholder mgmt

Strong communication

Education

Engineering or Construction background

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Open Plan

Asta Powerproject

Job description

AtkinsRéalis UK is seeking an experienced Senior Planning professional to lead and mentor planning teams on complex, multidisciplinary programmes, delivering robust schedules and clear governance.

You will shape scheduling strategy, manage baselines, and provide schedule-cost-risk analysis for senior stakeholders, drawing on Primavera P6, MS Project, Open Plan and Asta Powerproject. Hybrid working and security clearance may apply.