ROLE IS BASED ON SITE
Senior Planner
JM 120825
IR35: INSIDE IR35
Competitive Market Rate including holiday pay and pension contributions
37 Hours per week
Contract Length: 18 MONTHS
Location: Reading, Berkshire – 100% onsite
Our client is seeking a skilled Senior Planner to play a key role in delivering the organisation’s complete planning capability by maintaining the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). The role will involve supporting the Task Manager with business rhythms, schedule integrity, network analysis, Earned Value reporting, and effective communication across programme and business teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), resource loading, project-level IMS, and project-specific basis of scheduling documents.
* Contribute to the month-end process, including:
* Updating schedule progress (EV percentage complete)
* Undertaking schedule forecasting
* Updating milestone status and critical path analysis
* Conducting schedule performance reviews, including EV variance analysis (SPI)
* Provide planning input into investment approvals, change control, risk and opportunity management, and peer reviews.
* Produce planning and Earned Value (EV) deliverables in line with relevant procedures and guidelines.
* Propose solutions and workarounds to address schedule performance issues.
* Uphold environmental, health, safety, security, quality, and ethics standards in all planning activities.
Essential Skills & Experience
* 2–5 years’ planning experience.
* Proficiency with Primavera P6.
* Strong adaptability and stakeholder management skills at all levels.
* Hands-on experience in delivering projects using:
* Network logic
* Float paths
* WBS/CBS creation
* Earned Value Management (EVM)
* Resource levelling
* Monthly update cycles
* Change control
* What-If analysis
* Fragnets
* Strong decision-making skills with the ability to make sound judgement calls on planning matters.
* Experience working to a business rhythm and delivering monthly planner requirements.
* Experience in a highly regulated industry (nuclear, oil & gas, construction) is highly desirable.
* Strong prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage varied and changing workloads.
* Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel.
Desirable
* Previous experience in a highly regulated industry.
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