Senior Planner

Overview

In this Senior Planner role, you will shape schedules for a major infrastructure programme based in Ipswich. You’ll work with cross-functional delivery teams to drive programme outcomes through rigorous planning, risk analysis, and governance adherence. The position sits within a high-profile delivery team, offering a 12-month initial engagement with strong extension potential as the programme scales. You will influence delivery by challenging plans, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and providing clear reporting to senior leadership. This role offers the chance to contribute to nationally significant projects within a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Pay / Benefits

• career coaching
• upskilling
• opportunities to work abroad
• annual leave
• pension

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage integrated project and programme schedules across complex infrastructure workstreams
• Support programme delivery teams by providing planning expertise and schedule assurance
• Monitor progress against milestones, identify risks and critical path impacts
• Challenge assumptions, durations and sequencing to improve delivery performance
• Coordinate planning activities across multidisciplinary teams, contractors and stakeholders
• Produce regular planning reports, dashboards, and programme updates for senior leadership
• Conduct schedule risk analysis and scenario planning to support decision-making
• Ensure planning standards, governance requirements and reporting frameworks are applied
• Support programme controls, change management and performance management activities
• Collaborate with project managers and delivery teams to improve programme efficiency

Key requirements

• Proven experience as a Planner or Senior Planner on major infrastructure, construction, engineering, or capital delivery programmes
• Experience in large infrastructure consultancy, engineering consultancy, or major project delivery organisation
• Strong proficiency with Primavera P6 and associated planning methodologies
• Expertise in schedule management, critical path analysis, resource planning, and dependency management
• Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder programme environments
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence delivery teams and challenge planning assumptions constructively
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• problem-solving
• Primavera P6
• schedule management
• critical path analysis

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