Programme Integration Scheduler in Bath

Assystem is an international company with one mission: accelerate the energy transition around the world.

Every day, our 7,500 switchers located in 12 countries (Europe, Middle East, Pacific Asia & Africa) connect their six thousand billion neurons to tackle the task of the century: switching to low-carbon energy.
We are a collective committed to the actors who are making the energy switch. Sharing our knowledge, expertise and values allows us to innovate and think differently about the energy transition.
Drawing on more than 55 years\’ experience in highly regulated sectors subject to strict security and safety requirements, we provide our customers with engineering and project management services, as well as digital services and solutions to optimize the performance of complex infrastructure projects throughout their life cycle. The Group is currently ranked third in the world for nuclear engineering.
To ensure a viable, efficient, and reliable energy future for all.

Job Description

Your Mission:

Are you an experienced Programme Scheduler ready to take ownership of a complex, integrated programme schedule? We’re looking for a proactive and collaborative professional to join our Joint Programme Team (JPT) and play a key role in ensuring programme performance across time, cost, and scope.

In this role, you’ll work closely with Project Schedulers, Delivery Agents, and Programme Leadership to maintain robust programme controls and ensure that management information is accurate, timely, and aligned to strategic priorities.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

✨ Programme Scheduling & Integration

• 📘 Support the Programme Controls & Integration Manager in establishing programme control scheduling capabilities

• 📊 Create and maintain the integrated programme schedule in Primavera P6

• 🔄 Work closely with Project Schedulers and Delivery Agents to gather accurate progress data

• 🧭 Undertake critical path analysis and maintain dependencies and key milestones

✨ Programme Controls & Reporting

• 🛠️ Develop processes and tools to ensure consistent, high-quality schedule control and reporting

• 📉 Support schedule performance analysis, root cause investigation, and corrective recommendations

• 🔁 Contribute to change management and risk management processes, including QSRA development

• 🧪 Carry out quality checks to ensure adherence to best practice

✨ Collaboration & Leadership

• 🤝 Promote open communication across the Joint Programme Team and customer organisations

• 👥 Provide functional leadership for scheduling within the programme

• 📥 Support wider programme governance and Programme Controls development

• 📂 Undertake additional tasks as directed by Programme Leadership

Qualifications

🎓 Essential Skills & Experience

• ⭐ Strong leadership and technical planning capability

• 💬 Excellent engagement and communication skills (written & verbal)

• 📈 Ability to generate and present high-level reports for senior management

• 🚀 Proactive approach with strong problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset

• 🖥️ Expert Primavera P6 user with deep understanding of project scheduling techniques

• 🧩 Experience with major programmes involving integrated schedules

• 🔄 Experience across the full project/programme lifecycle

• 📏 Strong understanding of planning, progress monitoring, risk, and opportunity management

• ⏱️ Understanding of delay analysis and change demonstration methods

• 💡 Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Power BI

Why join the community of Switchers?:

🔹 The Group is currently ranked Third in the world for nuclear engineering.

🔹A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales and support functions

🔹Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects

🔹Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text

🔹Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs

Additional Information

• Staff or umbrella contractor.
• Hybrid role with 3 days per week in the Client\’s Bristol office.
• Regular travel to Glasgow (fortnightly).

Sole UK national with SC or ability to gain Security Clearance.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.