Senior Planner

Senior Planner - Reading, UK (On-site)

Contract - 18 months

IR35: Inside

Our client is currently seeking an experienced Senior Planner to support a complex, highly regulated programme based full-time on site in Reading, UK.

Overview

The role offers the chance to operate at programme level, influencing business rhythms, supporting long-range operational planning and driving continuous improvement in planning processes, tools and governance. As a Senior Planner, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), ensuring schedule integrity and providing clear, accurate forecast information to support effective decision-making. You'll work closely with task managers, project managers and technical teams, embedding best-practice planning and Earned Value Management (EVM) across multiple projects.

Key Responsibilities

You will provide project controls planning and EVM expertise, producing high-quality schedule forecasts and variance analysis to inform programme performance. The Senior Planner will lead planning engagement across project teams, running meetings to promote the value of effective scheduling and critical path analysis. You'll support the production of planning and EV deliverables in line with agreed business rhythms, contribute to the development of policies and procedures and help deploy planning tools, templates and training across the organisation. Building strong relationships with stakeholders and maintaining high standards in safety, quality and security will be central to the role.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong Primavera P6 experience
• Proven background as a skilled, proactive planner
• Solid understanding of planning fundamentals and critical path analysis
• Experience delivering EVM and schedule performance analysis (SPI)
• Ability to lead discussions and influence multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrable examples of adding value to programmes or projects

Reasonable Adjustments

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to inclusive recruitment. Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let us know.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

Disability Confident Scheme - As a member of the disability confident scheme, our client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Covenant - Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us within your application.

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