Senior Project Planner

Shape the success of complex major projects by driving programme certainty, schedule performance and project controls excellence.

Our Client has a requirement for a Senior Planning Engineer, who will be required to work on a contract basis in Glasgow .

Role Purpose:

• Independently apply advanced schedule management techniques across projects and programmes within a highly regulated environment.
• Develop, maintain, analyse and report integrated project schedules.
• Provide project controls expertise including planning, forecasting, schedule risk management and earned value management.
• Ensure alignment between scheduling, financial and material demand toolsets.
• Support successful project delivery through robust planning, governance and stakeholder engagement.

Job Role Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement and maintain project structures including WBS, OBS, RBS and CBS.
• Develop, baseline, maintain and update integrated project schedules (Levels 1-3), ensuring alignment with Level 4 and Level 5 schedules where applicable.
• Ensure alignment between scheduling, financial and material demand toolsets.
• Monitor schedule performance, critical path activities and key project milestones, providing regular reporting, analysis and forecasting.
• Produce and maintain resource-loaded and cost-loaded schedules, resource profiles and financial forecasting information.
• Conduct Schedule Risk Analysis, critical path analysis, schedule impact assessments and what-if scenario planning.
• Produce and interpret Earned Value Management (EVM) data and maintain Estimates at Completion (EACs).
• Support corrective action planning and provide schedule-driven recommendations to improve project performance.
• Facilitate planning workshops and Rolling Wave (Look Ahead) planning meetings.
• Support project change control processes, assessing schedule impacts and ensuring alignment with change registers.
• Integrate supplier and subcontractor schedules into the overall project programme.
• Produce and maintain key planning deliverables including baseline schedules, cardinal date plans, variance reports, risk reports and schedule records.
• Contribute to scheduling best practice and support continuous improvement initiatives across the wider planning community.
• Support the development and performance of team members through effective communication, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Promote a strong health, safety, environmental and quality culture, ensuring compliance with company procedures and standards.
• Monitor project risks, issues and opportunities, supporting quality management and lessons learned activities.
• Support commercial and financial objectives through effective planning, governance and project controls.

Experience / Skills / Knowledge / Qualifications:

• Extensive recent experience in a comparable planning or project controls role.
• Experience within highly regulated sectors such as Nuclear, Defence, Infrastructure, Energy or Major Projects.
• Advanced proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project (MSP).
• Quantitative Risk Analysis experience.
• Forensic Planning experience.
• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to project close-out.
• Knowledge of contract forms including NEC, FIDIC and JCT.
• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as APM, ACostE, RICS or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Expert level competency in Schedule Management and Resource Management.
• Proficient level competency in Independent Assurance, Frameworks & Methodologies, Stakeholder & Communications Management and Governance & Quality Arrangements.
• Competent level competency in Budgeting & Cost Control, Project Reviews & Assurance, Change Control and Contract Management.

Company information
At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates. We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for a Senior Planning Engineer looking for new employment.
As part of putting people first, we strive to be an equal opportunities employer and we are always looking to increase the diversity of our workforce, working closely with our clients to ensure everyone is included.

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