Senior Planner

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Cultivate positive and trusting relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.

Effectively communicate ideas and actions that resonate with diverse audiences.

Exhibit drive, flexibility, passion, and a proactive attitude towards tasks.

Take ownership of responsibilities and ensure timely delivery on commitments.

Approach challenges with a solutions-oriented mindset.

Analyse and synthesise detailed information to identify opportunities for improvement.

Possess a degree qualification, underpinning knowledge and skills.

Senior Planner | Manchester, UK

10/09/2026

Advisory Services | PMO and Project Controls INFRA | Rail Manchester

As a Senior Planner, you will be joining our experienced Planning team working across high-profile infrastructure projects across

As a Senior Planner, you will be joining our experienced Planning team working across high-profile infrastructure projects across.

Overview of Role:
As a Senior Planner, you will play a key role in developing and managing project programmes throughout the project lifecycle, working closely with planning and project teams to integrate schedules, simplify complex programme information and provide clear, effective reporting. From developing schedules from first principles through to maintaining and reporting on live programmes, you will bring technical expertise, innovation and collaboration to deliver high-quality outputs and support successful project delivery.

You will also build and maintain strong client relationships, providing a best-in-class service while upholding our core values of Trust, People, Integrity and Innovation.
Responsibilities:

• Working collaboratively with the planning team to develop, integrate and maintain project schedules and reporting.
• Developing and managing P6 project programmes across all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Preparing, updating and maintaining detailed programmes, ensuring they accurately reflect project scope, progress, resources and key milestones.
• Developing and managing baseline programmes, ensuring changes are captured and controlled throughout the project lifecycle.
• Integrating multiple schedules and work streams into an overall project or programme schedule.
• Simplifying complex and detailed programmes into clear, concise and meaningful reports for clients and senior stakeholders.
• Undertaking programme analysis, identifying critical and near-critical activities, key interfaces, float, constraints and potential impacts to project delivery.
• Monitoring progress against the approved baseline, identifying slippage and emerging risks, and working with project teams to develop mitigation and recovery strategies.
• Supporting time impact analysis, change management and delay analysis where required.
• Producing high-quality programme and project controls reports, including progress updates, look-ahead programmes, critical path analysis and schedule performance information.
• Working closely with Project Managers, Project Controls, Commercial and wider delivery teams to ensure programme information is accurate, coordinated and aligned…