Overview
Are you an experienced construction programme planner looking to advance your career in a dynamic and impactful role? Join UK Power Networks’ Capital Programme team in Bury St Edmunds as our new P6 Planner – EPN and become a vital part of delivering complex infrastructure projects across the nation.
Imagine working alongside passionate professionals, including Programme Managers, Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Designers, and Consents specialists—all driven to deliver excellence. As our P6 Planner, you’ll manage and maintain the end-to-end P6 project schedules, ensuring every milestone, activity, and cost is forecasted with precision. You’ll take ownership of the UKPN master schedule, independently reviewing contractor submissions, and supporting analysis through your NEC3 contract expertise. P6 is the heartbeat of our reporting, and you’ll be entrusted with recording actual costs, maintaining data integrity, and delivering accurate month-end reports that shape key decisions.
Responsibilities
* Handle a portfolio within one of our Capital Programme DNOs, overseeing multiple projects at different lifecycle stages
* Provide specialist planning, project controls, and schedule reviews for major projects
* Progress master schedules independently and apply best practice governance
* Review contractor schedules, report on schedule progress, and apply project controls handbook requirements
* Manage key milestones, dependencies, and risks; validate construction methodologies
* Integrate approved changes, maintain programme plans, and incorporate risk mitigations
* Lead collaborative workshops, coordinate project interfaces, and obtain full schedule agreement from stakeholders
Qualifications
* Engineering-based degree or equivalent; ideally, a programme management qualification
* Extensive experience managing complex construction programmes using Primavera P6 in multi-disciplined environments
* Technical ability to resolve issues and strong communication and presentation skills
* Proficiency in standard office software and P6 planning; collaborative spirit; ability to review and incorporate contractor schedules
Benefits and Salary
UK Power Networks rewards your expertise with a competitive salary of £65,241 and a 3% bonus. You’ll enjoy 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, reservist leave, a generous personal pension plan, tenancy loan deposit scheme, season ticket loan, and tax-efficient benefits including Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing schemes, occupational health support, discounts at hundreds of retailers, discounted gym membership, and access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
Application Timeline
To thrive in this role, you should bring an engineering-based degree or equivalent and, ideally, a programme management qualification. Your track record should demonstrate extensive experience managing complex construction programmes using Primavera P6 in multi-disciplined environments, technical prowess in resolving issues, and strong communication and presentation skills. Proficiency in standard office software and P6 planning, a collaborative spirit, and the ability to review and incorporate contractor schedules are essential.
If you’re ready to take the lead, apply by 04/02/2026 and help us shape the future of energy infrastructure. Join us at UK Power Networks and make your mark today.
If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.
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