Senior Planner

As a Senior Planner, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. Preparing and maintaining integrated schedules of project and/or programme activities and events, taking into account of dependencies and resource requirement.

Day-to-day, you'll be responsible for applying schedule management independently primarily in complex situations across P3M:

• Develop / implement and maintain the Project structures (WBS / OBS / RBS / CBS).


• Develop / baseline and maintain the Project integrated schedule. (Level 1-3).


• Ensure alignment between the integrated scheduling toolset and the companies financial and material demand toolset. This includes alignment of any Level 4/5 schedules.


• Regular status update of the integrated schedule and the provision of metrics (e.g. critical path / total float) and schedule analysis of the impact to the project.


• Resource / cost loaded schedules to inform the IBP and also to provide financial status of the project.


This role is full time, 37 hours per week and requires regular travel to Warrington or Preston, on a weekly basis alongside home working arrangements.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential Experience of the Senior Planner:

• Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector.


• Awareness of various contracting methodologies (e.g. FIDIC / NEC / JCT etc.).


• Advanced knowledge of scheduling toolsets e.g. Primavera / MSP etc.


• Quantitative risk analysis experience.


• Forensic Planning experience.


• Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out., Ideally, you will have a bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in engineering / project / construction management or a related field.


• Professional qualification (e.g. APM / Acoste / RICS) or equivalent is desirable but, not essential., The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
  
  At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Planner, at our Warrington or Preston sites.
  
  What we Offer:


• Generous holiday allowance


• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+


• Employee share scheme


• Employee shopping savings portal


• Payment of Professional Fees


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave


• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement


• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity


• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.


Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions in clean energy, defence and civil new build and decommissioning projects. Together, we're innovating to make nuclear safer, faster and cost-effective across the nuclear energy life cycle. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group - from Canada, the USA to Japan. Work with us to create a safe and secure world, together.