P6 Senior Planner

This Senior Planner role is part of AWE's sovereign replacement warhead programme, Astraea, a key element of the UK's national nuclear deterrent.

Location: RG7 4PR
, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.

Package: Salary from £49,830 to £78,770 (depending on suitability, qualifications and experience).

Working pattern: AWE operates a 9‑day working fortnight. Flexible working requests will be considered to accommodate personal lifestyles.

Notice: This role requires onsite 100 % of the time.

• Deliver high‑quality project controls planning capability through the development, maintenance and assurance of complex Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), providing accurate, timely and defensible forecasts to inform critical programme decisions
• Lead and support planning activities across the full project lifecycle, ensuring alignment to scope, cost and delivery strategy under configuration control
• Undertake schedule analysis and performance management, including critical path, dependencies, variance analysis and forecasting, to provide clear insight into current and future delivery positions
• Facilitate planning workshops and provide independent assurance and challenge through peer reviews, schedule health checks and adherence to planning standards and governance
• Drive continuous improvement and planning excellence, evolving processes, tools and capability while championing best practice across the programme
• Identify emerging risks, trends and delivery threats, providing early warning, recovery options and decision support to stakeholders
• Lead, coach and mentor junior planners, developing planning capability and embedding consistent standards of quality, integrity and delivery excellence across teams
• Champion the highest standards of safety, health, environment, security and quality, recognising the critical importance of these principles in delivering a programme central to the UK’s national security

• Experience of planning on projects/programmes in a dynamic, delivery focused environment
• Advanced level of skill with Oracle Primavera P6
• Skills in Microsoft Office
• Qualification in an appropriate business or technical discipline, or equivalent experience

• 9‑day working fortnight – every other Friday off, plus 270 hours of annual leave
• Market‑leading contributory pension scheme (we pay between 9 % and 13 % depending on your contributions)
• Family‑friendly policies:
  Maternity Leave – 39 Weeks Full Pay;
  Paternity Leave – 4 Weeks Full Pay
• Professional career development opportunities, including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
• Life Assurance (4 × annual salary)
• Discounts on everyday spending
• Special Leave Policy, including paid time off for volunteering, public service, and caring

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work means you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV
• We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process
• Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1‑stage process

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions, and our employees feel able to be themselves  strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application and CV, and will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

You must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.