Senior Planner; SRO

Position: Senior Planner (SRO)
Location: Northwood

Company description:
Water Utility Company based in Yorkshire region of England.

Job description:

Senior Planner (SRO) Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Let us tell you about all the great reasons to join us here at Yorkshire Water:
We offer a competitive salary, 3b, circa £52,955 - £67,891 , depending on experience A company car allowance ( £6,000 ) Annual incentive related bonus ( up to 15% of annual salary ) Private health care Attractive pension scheme ( up to 12% company contribution ) Life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays plus two extra wellness days!

A great benefits package choose from health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover. Retail savings scheme Online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location:

Buttershaw, Bradford / Hybrid Working (2 to 3 office days a week as required), pending office move to Leeds (LS10) from Summer, 2026. Work type:
Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday Friday. We have an exciting opportunity for a senior professional role within the Asset Delivery PMO Team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year, can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, its so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshires water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region, and play a key role in the regions health, wellbeing, and prosperity. New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry.

The Asset Delivery team deliver Yorkshire Waters major asset investment projects and programmes and are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators. Under our Strategic Resource Options (SRO) programme we will support a programme of major project capital investment across Yorkshire and the wider UK. The Senior Planner (SRO) will play a critical role in the SRO Programme.

The SRO PMO will be closely aligned to the core Asset Delivery PMO which sits within the Asset Delivery Directorate at Yorkshire Water. It will also work to fulfil and adhere to the needs of RAPID (the Water Industry joint regulatory body governing the SRO programme). Where you fit in:
As our Senior Planner (SRO), you will:
Provide Senior planning capability for a £3bn water infrastructure programme to ensure regulatory compliance, efficiency, and safety. Core Responsibilities Schedule Management:
Create and maintain complex, integrated programme schedules and work breakdown structures. Compliance & Governance:
Align timelines with Ofwats gated process and internal corporate standards and requirements. Baseline & EVM:
Build resource-loaded baselines suitable for Earned Value Management (EVM). Partner Oversight:
Validate third-party contractor schedules against NEC contractual parameters. Performance Tracking:
Monitor progress using SPI/CPI metrics and produce executive dashboards. Risk & Scenario Planning:
Run "what-if" scenarios, resolve schedule slippage, and proactively mitigate bottlenecks. Cross-Functional Unity:
Collaborate with Cost, Risk, and Commercial teams to manage change controls. Advisory Leadership:
Provide expert planning guidance to senior leaders and project managers. What skills & qualifications you will need:
Minimum of 10 years experience in Planning, ideally working on large scale infrastructure projects/programmes. Significant experience in all aspects of planning and scheduling and fluent in the use of Prima-Vera (OPC) Work Breakdown and Control Account creation…