Planning Consultant

## Planning Consultant Apply locations:
GB.Bristol.

The Hub:
GB.Edinburgh - Stamp Office:
GB.Manchester.

Piccadilly time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-160911###
** Job Description**## Overview
** Empowering projects in a complex world.
** Are you ready to start a vital role in shaping our exciting Portfolios, Programmes and Projects? How about joining our talented team, where everyone has a voice, and together we face our clients' problems head-on.

As a Consultant Programme and Project Planner in Secure Government, you'll be part of our Delivery Optimisation Practice. In your role you will be working with our clients, suppliers, and AtkinsRéalis teams to enable and achieve maximum benefits from digital transformation and innovative operations.

With opportunities across the UK, we are looking for experienced professionals whose primary specialism is planning and scheduling within complex transformation delivery. You do not need to have held “Planner” in your job title, but planning must have been a substantial and recurring part of your role. Broader experience across project or programme controls and governance is also highly valued.

We provide consulting services across the entire project lifecycle across our key sectors: aviation; defence; security; critical national infrastructure; and local and central government. We also collaborate with our colleagues in other parts of the AtkinsRéalis business world-wide. We solve the most interesting challenges facing organisations today by promoting an innovative and collaborative culture.

We know that different people have different priorities, which is why we're here to support you. Flexible working is a central part of our culture. So, talk to us about what's ideal for you – from reduced weeks or buying more leave over school holidays. And if you're returning from a career break, ask us how we can help you transition back into work with us.##

Your role
* You will provide specialist consultancy advice on planning, scheduling and related controls and governance disciplines.
* Working independently within an agreed direction, you will lead planning activities, resolve complex scheduling issues and produce clear, high-quality outputs that shape client understanding and decision-making.
* You will work with schedule owners and delivery teams to facilitate workshops and build, maintain, analyse and assure credible schedules. At programme level, you will assess integration, dependencies, critical paths and alignment with delivery methodologies, governance arrangements and approved standards. At portfolio level, you will connect critical milestones to strategic objectives.
* You will also mentor and coach colleagues, sharing knowledge to strengthen capability across the wider project management community.
* Provide trusted specialist advice to clients and colleagues on planning, scheduling, controls and governance best practice.
* Lead the creation, baselining, maintenance and assurance of integrated portfolio, programme and project schedules.
* Resolve complex scheduling issues through robust logic, milestones, assumptions, dependencies and critical-path analysis.
* Lead schedule update cycles, assess progress, forecast delivery outcomes and communicate clear recommendations.
* Conduct schedule analysis, health checks and assurance, constructively challenging assumptions and influencing improvements.
* Integrate planning information across waterfall, Agile and hybrid delivery environments while maintaining end-to-end visibility of milestones and dependencies.
* Connect schedule insight with wider controls and governance, including risk, cost, change, reporting, resource management, assurance and decision-making forums.
* Facilitate workshops and mentor or coach colleagues, sharing practical knowledge and supporting their development.
* Contribute to service improvement, client value, case studies and bid activity where appropriate.## About you
* We welcome applications from a range of backgrounds, but your CV should clearly show that planning and scheduling is a core professional capability.
* Demonstrable specialist knowledge and substantial hands-on…