Senior/Lead Planner

Overview

We're supporting a nuclear-sector client with the hire of Senior/Lead Planners to work across major programmes, supporting projects aligned to DSRL and NWS. The role will include being on the client sites in Cumbria & Thurso The role focuses on integrated planning, Earned Value Management (EVM) and change control to drive schedule performance, governance and delivery assurance.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage integrated project schedules (baseline and live programmes)
• Produce planning updates, progress reporting, and schedule performance commentary
• Apply EVM to measure performance, identify variances and support forecasting
• Support critical path analysis, milestone tracking and lookaheads
• Run and maintain change control (impacts, approvals, traceability, reporting)
• Identify schedule risks/opportunities and propose mitigations
• Collaborate with project controls, engineering, commercial and delivery teams
• Contribute to planning assurance, governance and continuous improvement activity

Required Experience / Skills

• Strong project planning background within the nuclear sector (or similarly regulated/safety-critical environment)
• Practical experience with EVM and project controls reporting
• Proven capability with change control / governance processes
• Experience building and maintaining complex schedules and performance analysis
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• High attention to detail; confident working to structured processes and compliance standards

Desirable

• Experience supporting large, multi-workstream programmes and/or frameworks
• Familiarity with schedule risk, forecasting and planning assurance reviews