Job Title: Senior Project Planner
Salary: £53,000 - £80,000
Travel: Up to 10%
Eligibility: Sole UK Citizenship required + plus SC Clearance
Join a forward-thinking organisation at the forefront of innovation, tackling complex challenges and shaping the future of technology. This is an opportunity to be part of a team where your work has a real impact, both on critical programmes and your own career development.
The job
As a Senior Planner, you will play a key role in supporting PMO and programme teams delivering highly complex, large-scale defence projects. You will be responsible for developing and assuring robust, fully integrated schedules that inform decision-making across project, programme, and portfolio levels.
Working closely with Project and Programme Managers, you'll act as a trusted planning partner, providing leadership, insight, and analysis to ensure alignment with contractual, commercial, and technical objectives throughout the full lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop, maintain, and control integrated master schedules using Primavera P6 across large, multi-workstream programmes
* Ensure schedules are logically linked, baselined, and compliant with best practice and governance standards
* Conduct critical path analysis, what-if scenario modelling, and recovery planning
* Identify and manage schedule risks and opportunities, embedding mitigations into programme plans
* Support bids and proposals with compliant and credible planning inputs
* Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) to track performance, analyse variances, and assess change impacts
* Perform and support Schedule Risk Analysis, including quantitative modelling
* Produce high-quality reports, dashboards, and insights for stakeholders
* Support internal and external audits related to planning, EVM, and risk
* Collaborate across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial teams
* Mentor junior planners and provide subject matter expertise in planning tools and methodologies
Essential Skills & Experience
* Strong experience in project planning within defence, aerospace, or complex engineering environments
* Advanced, hands-on expertise with Primavera P6
* Proven application of Earned Value Management (EVM)
* Experience conducting Schedule Risk Analysis and interpreting outputs
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
* Ability to communicate complex data clearly to stakeholders
* Experience managing integrated schedules across multi-disciplinary teams and suppliers
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office
* Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
* Effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration abilities
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