Company Overview Xoserve is the Central Data Service Provider, that sits at the heart of Britain’s complex gas market as a specialised contract management and assurance company. Xoserve maintains accountability for the delivery of the Data Services Contract for the industry, which is delivered by a key outsourced service provider. Role Summary The Project Planner, working in the Transformation Office, develops and maintains high-quality project and programme schedules across the Transformation Portfolio. They create clear, realistic plans, track dependencies, provide insight on progress and risk, and ensure consistent planning standards across all delivery activity. Working within the PMO, the Planner enables informed decision-making and provides a single, coherent view of milestones and timelines across the Transformation portfolio. The Planner will maintain accurate, integrated project and programme plans aligned to PMO standards, ensuring high ‑ quality planning data and consistent use of planning tools. They will provide a clear view of key milestones, dependencies, and schedule risks across the portfolio, identifying and escalating any conflicts or deviations from the baseline. They will also supply planning insight to governance and leadership teams. Responsibilities Planning & Scheduling: Develop and update detailed project schedules, including tasks, dependencies, sequencing and milestones. Build integrated programme and portfolio plans that highlight cross-project dependencies and critical paths across Xoserve and including plans managed by third party suppliers. Incorporate resource requirements and clarify ownership of key activities. Work with Project Leads and stakeholders to review progress and update plans. Assurance & Control: Apply PMO planning standards, ensuring schedules are logical, realistic and aligned to scope. Challenge assumptions, date logic and dependencies constructively where needed. Identify schedule risks and support mitigation planning. Maintain baselines and track variance against them. Insight & Reporting: Provide concise planning insights for portfolio reviews, governance packs and executive reporting. Highlight milestone movements, schedule impacts, risk hotspots and required decisions. Support scenario modelling for re-planning and recovery options. Collaboration & Engagement: Engage regularly with PMs, Project Leads, Business Change and Technology to maintain accurate schedule data. Facilitate dependency mapping, milestone alignment and plan walkthrough sessions. Promote consistent planning practices and support capability uplift across delivery teams. Collaborate and work closely with other Project Support teams across Xoserve. Collaborate and align with third party suppliers PMO and planning team on plans managed by third parties. Tooling & Data Quality: Maintain planning data in tools such as Asana, MS Project or Smartsheet. Ensure structures, naming conventions and reporting views are consistent and useful. Specialist/Technical Expertise Essential Strong experience planning in complex, multi-project or programme environments. Ability to build integrated schedules with multiple interdependencies. Strong organisational skills and disciplined approach to data quality. Analytical ability to identify inconsistencies and challenge constructively. Effective communicator, able to translate technical planning data into clear insights. Proficient in planning/PPM tools (MS Project, Asana, Smartsheet). Understanding of project governance and standard methodologies (PRINCE2, MSP, P3O). Experience supporting projects through their lifecycle, including planning, monitoring and re-planning. Desirable Experience in transformation, technology delivery or business change programmes. Understanding of risk, resource and financial planning processes. What we offer: · A competitive annual salary up to £60,000 per annum (based on skills and experience). · Discretionary individual bonus up to 10%. · Generous Pension Scheme - up to 12% employer contribution. · Generous Life Assurance provision - 4 x basic salary. · 28 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days in addition. · Income protection for employee after 12 months service. · Enhanced annual leave entitlement, with opportunity to buy additional holiday each year. · Enhanced family friendly policies. · Commitment to provide learning & development opportunities. · Access to contributory Private Medical Insurance for employee and family (Bupa). · Health cashback plan for employee plus up to four dependent children (Medicash). · 24/7 virtual GP plus remote access to Physiotherapy, Mental Health Support and Medical Second Opinion (Help@Hand). · Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (Octopus EV). · Free confidential Employee Assistance Programme (LifeWorks). · A wide range of wellbeing initiatives. · Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more. · Volunteering hours for our local communities. · Financial support to help cover the cost of one annual professional membership subscription. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Xoserve, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one. Xoserve is an equal employment opportunity employer. We adhere to a policy of making employment decisions without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, record of offences, marital status, family status or disability. We promise that your opportunity for employment with us depends solely on your qualifications. This is a hybrid working role from our Solihull office with frequent days in the office expected. The closing date for applications is Friday 9 th January 2026. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. Xoserve’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process. The Energy Industry is about to reform and change at pace, and it needs people like you to come and be part of its new design. If you are interested and consider you have the right skills and experience, we are looking for, please apply.