Role: Lead Planner
Sector: Nuclear
Location: Thurso - Likely Full-Time on-site unless agreed otherwise, then it would be Minimum 3 Days on Site
Start Date: September 2025
Duration: Approx. 12-Months
Rates: £22.38 to £38.43 per hour PAYE
Clearance: Background Checks
Job Description
A vacancy has arisen within the portfolio team for a lead planner. This role provides a development opportunity to a lead role and also wider exposure at the portfolio level.
The purpose of the post is to provide portfolio planning and performance management support for the business and the job holder will be responsible for development of targets, monitoring delivery of targets, managing audit of target achievement, reviewing plans, reviewing status updates, maintaining relevant controlled documents, developing planning capacity and capability within the organisation, and managing planning software.
The role supports the portfolio level accountability data development and assessment, as well as works closely with the wider portfolio team in areas such as change control. The successful candidate will own the integrated project controls (IPC) guidance and ensure that best practices are maintained within the business.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Develop and implement relevant site procedures
Undertake assurance and analyse programme schedule, identify developing problem areas, access norms and support change control reviews.
Provide training and mentoring for the area of planning
Analyse critical paths and restraints and integrate inter discipline schedule requirements to establish logical work sequence.
Provide analytical feedback on overall portfolio performance into the portfolio level accountability sessions
Provide oversight of targets, support external audit of targets, and ensure targets proposed support mission delivery
Be the expert on planning systems, processes, and implementation
Be the intelligent customer for Primavera P6 software
Perform the responsibilities of authorisations relevant to post
Manage staff as a line manager
APTITUDE AND EXPERIENCE:
HND or equivalent qualification plus experience
Experience in a lead planning role or similar
Advanced Primavera P6 skills utilised in a similar or heavily regulated environment
Ability to understand large data sets in order to identify planning and resource issues
Data risk management, cost and estimating experience
Experience of programme and multi-project development and integration
Experience of life time plan strategic planning
Experience of scope document development
Good level of IT skills, and a working knowledge of databases/systems including supporting database system management
Good oral & written communication skills
A team player with the ability to work on own initiative
Experience of training/supervising a team
Demonstrable leadership experience
Ability to work under pressure and able to progress multiple tasks effectively in a demanding environment where priorities change frequently
Post specific capability assessment analysisCarbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy