Job Title: Senior Planner
Location: Glasgow + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Attractive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF
Shape The Future Of Complex Engineering Projects That Protect And Power The UK
At Cavendish Nuclear, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Planner based at our Glasgow site.
The role
As a Senior Planner, you will play a pivotal role in delivering complex, high-value infrastructure projects that support the UK’s defence and energy capabilities. Working within a collaborative joint venture environment, you will develop and manage integrated project schedules, ensuring robust planning standards and accurate forecasting across all stages of delivery.
This role is full time and based at our Glasgow site, with hybrid working patterns available.
Day-to-day, you’ll be required to:
1. Developing and maintaining detailed project schedules using Primavera P6
2. Creating and managing work breakdown structures and organisational breakdown structures
3. Updating schedules to reflect forecast dates and estimates at completion
4. Performing earned value analysis to monitor project performance
5. Supporting programme leadership and mentoring junior planners within the team
Essential experience of the Senior Planner:
6. Demonstrable expertise in Primavera P6 planning software
7. Experience within construction or engineering projects in highly regulated environments
8. Proven experience working within a project controls or planning team
9. Strong understanding of planning methodologies and schedule management
10. Ability to collaborate effectively within multi-disciplinary and joint venture teams
Qualifications for the Senior Planner:
11. A recognised project management or engineering qualification, or equivalent experience
12. APM accreditation or equivalent is desirable
13. Knowledge of NEC4 contracts and nuclear sector experience would be advantageous
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Standard (SC) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at
What we offer
14. Generous holiday allowance
15. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
16. Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
17. Employee share scheme
18. Employee shopping savings portal
19. Payment of Professional Fees
20. Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
21. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
22. ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
23. Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Cavendish
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