Project Planner

Directorate: Project Management Office

Location: Derby, Manchester, Warrington with Hybrid Working

Reports to: Lead Planner

We need you to join us as a Project Planner and play a key role in creating and maintaining the schedules that keep our programmes moving. You’ll be our specialist in planning and scheduling—building robust work package schedules that reflect 100% of the scope and directly support confident, informed decision‑making across complex engineering and nuclear‑adjacent environments.

Your work will have real impact: enabling On‑Time Delivery, supporting programme governance, and contributing to a system that underpins the safe and timely delivery of one of the UK’s most complex engineering programmes.

• Develop, baseline and maintain work package schedules in line with SMR planning processes and guidance.
• Apply deep knowledge of Primavera P6, including WBS architecture, coding, resource structures and user‑defined fields.
• Capture and analyse schedule performance, comparing progress vs baseline to support effective decision making.
• Work within an Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) environment, collaborating with engineering, supply chain, operations, procurement and programme management teams.
• Support Earned Value Management (EVM) processes, focusing on the theory and application rather than specific toolsets.
• Manage change control and baseline updates, ensuring accurate reflection of approved programme shifts.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior or apprentice planners as needed, supporting their development as our planning capability grows.

There’s no such thing as a perfect candidate. If you meet ~75% of what we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you.

• Strong Primavera P6 practitioner‑level capability (front‑end scheduling + architecture).
• Working within an IMS / MIP structure, including horizontal & vertical logic.
• Knowledge of EVM principles and value management concepts.
• Change management and baseline control.

• Experience supporting complex programmes—from engineering to construction to large‑scale technical delivery. Nuclear background is useful but not essential; complexity is more important.

• Skilled at working with multidisciplinary teams including engineering, programme management, operations, supply chain and procurement.

• Understanding of NEC‑style contractual requirements for schedules (advantageous, not essential).

• Primavera P6 Practitioner – mandatory.
• APM PMQ (or working towards) – mandatory/flexible.
• APM PPC Practitioner (or equivalent) – desirable/willing to work towards.
• Experience with in a project controls / PMO environment on complex programmes.

• Lead Planners
• Programme managers
• Engineers
• Supply chain and procurement teams
• Operations & manufacturing functions

You’ll also contribute to the coaching and development of junior planners and apprentices as our capability grows.

• Thinks in systems and structure
• Enjoys solving complex problems
• Communicates clearly and confidently with varied stakeholders
• Likes working in a collaborative, growing planning community
• Is excited by engineering and programme complexity—regardless of the sector you come from

• £50,650 - £66,500 salary
• £2,200 benefits allowance
• 12.5% bonus opportunity
• 6x pensionable life assurance
• 50% income protection
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• £250 new joiner payment
• Flexible & part‑time working options available

If you’re excited by complex engineering challenges and want to help shape the future of our planning capability, we’d love to hear from you.

£50,600.00 – £66,465.00

• A flexible, inclusive, and supportive working environment.
• Opportunities for career growth in a rapidly scaling business.
• A culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check