Senior Planner

Our Client, a leading engineering and design consultancy, is seeking a Senior Planner to join their team in Bristol, Cardiff or Swindon.

As a Senior Planner, you will play a key role in the successful planning and delivery of complex projects and programmes. Your responsibilities will include:

* Creating, managing and assuring fully integrated project and programme schedules, ensuring sound logic, sequencing and a reliable critical path.

* Providing planning leadership across bid, mobilisation and delivery stages, offering expert advice on scheduling approach, governance and controls.

* Producing detailed schedule analysis, including critical path reviews, scenario planning and “what-if” assessments, with clear mitigation options.

* Integrating programme, cost and risk data to support QSRA activities and broader project controls reporting.

* Establishing and maintaining schedule baselines and managing change control processes to accurately reflect scope, progress and impacts.

* Developing clear, high-quality visual and written reports, including progress tracking, variance analysis and Earned Value performance insights.

* Presenting complex planning information in a clear and concise manner to senior stakeholders, clients and multidisciplinary teams.

* Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships to enable collaborative and outcome-driven project delivery.

* Promoting consistency and best practice within the Planning function, contributing to continuous improvement and capability development.

* Mentoring and supporting junior planners, reviewing outputs and assisting with professional development.

* Applying knowledge of a range of contract forms (such as NEC, JCT and FIDIC) and understanding their impact on planning requirements, deliverables and reporting.

* Working effectively within a consultancy environment, ensuring all outputs meet client expectations and professional standards.

Requirements for Senior Planner:

* Planning experience on complex or multidisciplinary projects.

* Strong proficiency with planning tools such as Primavera P6, MS Project, Open Plan, Asta Power project etc.

* Expertise in developing and assuring integrated project and programme schedules.

* Experience with schedule risk assessments, EVM reporting and integrated schedule–cost–risk analysis.

* Strong capability in baseline management, change control and maintaining schedule integrity.

* Excellent communication skills, able to translate complex planning insights clearly for senior stakeholders.

* Experience mentoring or supporting junior planners.

* Broad understanding of project controls disciplines and lifecycle governance.

* Good understanding of contract requirements (NEC, JCT, FIDIC etc.).

* Experience in a consultancy environment (advantageous)