Construction Project Planner

We’re seeking a Construction Project Planner to support Centrica Business’s Project Controls function. The role focuses on scheduling, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement across construction and capital projects.

As a key member of the Project Controls team, you will develop and manage schedules, monitor performance, integrate contractor schedules, and produce clear progress reports.

• Prepare and manage schedules at all levels, from scoping through execution, using Primavera Cloud and WBS structures.
• Monitor performance against baselines, identify variances, and recommend corrective actions.
• Integrate contractor schedules, challenge assumptions, and produce clear progress reports including S-curves and lookaheads.
• Drive adherence to timelines and continually assess processes and tools to recommend improvements that strengthen CBS’s market position.

• Develop and manage project schedules across all stages, ensuring alignment with WBS structures and project requirements.
• Utilise Primavera Cloud to produce schedules at multiple levels of detail (Levels 1–4), incorporating milestones, critical paths, and float analysis.
• Establish and maintain baseline schedules as a reference point for performance tracking and variance analysis.
• Monitor progress and performance, identify deviations from plan, and recommend corrective actions to keep projects on track.
• Integrate contractor schedules into the overall CBS programme, challenging assumptions and ensuring accuracy of durations, logic, and dependencies.
• Prepare clear progress reports for stakeholders, including full schedules, S-curves, lookahead plans, and efficiency metrics.
• Drive adherence to timelines and proactively influence project teams to meet delivery commitments.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, assessing processes, tools, and reporting methods to enhance CBS’s planning capability and market position.
• Support the establishment of the Project Controls function, helping define standards and best practices for scheduling and governance.

• Proven experience in project planning and scheduling within construction or capital projects, ideally using Primavera P6/Primavera Cloud and Microsoft Project.
• Strong analytical skills: ability to interpret data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights.
• Attention to detail: skilled in validating logic, relationships, and critical paths within complex schedules.
• Collaboration:
  
  ability to work effectively with Project Managers, contractors, and stakeholders across multiple disciplines.
• Continuous improvement mindset: comfortable challenging existing processes and recommending enhancements to optimise delivery.
• Excellent communication: clear reporting skills, able to present progress and risks to senior stakeholders.
• Desirable:
  Knowledge of project controls principles, WBS development, and progress measurement techniques.