Senior Project Planner

Glasgow Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this Senior Planner role, you will lead the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules for major infrastructure and energy programmes. You’ll work with project managers, commercial teams and clients to keep programmes on track, while proactively identifying risks and recovery options. You will mentor junior planners and contribute to advancing planning standards within the team. The role offers exposure to multi-project environments and significant influence on delivery decisions in a hybrid Scotland-based setting.

Responsibilities

Lead planning across multiple projects or complex programmes
Develop and maintain detailed schedules using industry-standard software
Create integrated programmes reflecting scope, milestones and dependencies
Maintain programme information per contractual and governance requirements
Collaborate with teams to define scope, sequencing and delivery strategies
Monitor performance, identify critical paths and assess impact of delays/change
Analyse schedule risks and propose mitigations
Produce updates, progress reviews and dashboards for stakeholders
Contribute to planning standards and process improvements
Mentor junior planners and promote best practices

Key requirements

Experience delivering planning services on major infrastructure, engineering, utilities, energy or construction projects
Experience with planning across full project lifecycle
Developing and maintaining complex programmes
Primavera P6 and other planning software
Critical path analysis, float analysis and programme optimisation
Integrated master schedules and multi-project environments
Progress reporting, forecasting and performance monitoring
Schedule risk analysis and change management
Earned Value Management (EVM)
Working under NEC and/or FIDIC contracts
Stakeholder engagement across client, contractor and consultant teams
Coaching and mentoring junior planning professionals