Strategic Portfolio & Programme Planner

AtkinsRéalis; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Consultant Programme and Project Planner for our Secure Government practice. You will lead planning activities, develop integrated schedules, and provide specialist consultancy on governance, risk, and delivery performance across (waterfall, Agile and hybrid) environments.

You will collaborate with clients, suppliers and internal teams to drive clarity and informed decision making.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated specialist knowledge of planning and scheduling in complex portfolio/programme delivery.
• Experience providing consultancy on planning, scheduling, controls and governance best practice.
• Ability to mentor or coach colleagues and run workshops to build capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist consultancy on planning, scheduling and related controls and governance.
• Lead planning activities and produce credible, well-supported schedules.
• Assess integration, dependencies and critical paths at programme and portfolio levels.
• Mentor colleagues and share knowledge across teams.
• Lead creation, baselining, maintenance and assurance of integrated schedules.
• Conduct schedule analysis, health checks and driving improvements.

Skills

Planning & Scheduling

Consultancy

Mentoring

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Consultant Programme and Project Planner for our Secure Government practice. You will lead planning activities, develop integrated schedules, and provide specialist consultancy on governance, risk, and delivery performance across (waterfall, Agile and hybrid) environments.

You will collaborate with clients, suppliers and internal teams to drive clarity and informed decision making.