Senior Project Planner in Glasgow

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Project Planner to join a high-profile programme based in Glasgow. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the planning, scheduling, and controls functions of complex projects within a highly regulated environment.

Contract Details

• Location: Glasgow (City Centre)
• Contract Type: Inside IR35
• Security Clearance: BPSS required initially, with eligibility to obtain SC Clearance
• Eligibility Requirements: British Citizen holding a valid British Passport. Must not have lived or worked outside the UK for any significant period during the last five years due to security clearance requirements.

The Role

As a Senior Project Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and analysing integrated project schedules to support successful programme delivery. Working closely with project teams and stakeholders, you will ensure robust planning processes are in place, providing accurate reporting, schedule analysis, and performance insights throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain project structures including:
• Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Organisational Breakdown Structures (OBS)
• Resource Breakdown Structures (RBS)
• Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS)
• Create, baseline, and maintain integrated project schedules (Levels 1-3), ensuring alignment with associated Level 4 and Level 5 schedules.
• Ensure integration and consistency between scheduling tools and the organisations financial and material demand planning systems.
• Perform regular schedule updates and analysis, providing key performance metrics including:
• Critical Path Analysis
• Total Float Analysis
• Schedule Performance Reporting
• Impact Assessments
• Produce and maintain:
• Schedule Risk Analysis
• Schedule Variance Reporting
• Resource Profiles
• Earned Value Management (EVM) Data
• Scheduling Maturity Assessments
• Planning and Controls Framework Reporting
• Archived Schedule Records
• Support effective resource planning and utilisation to meet project objectives and customer commitments.
• Identify, manage, and communicate project risks, issues, and opportunities.
• Contribute to and monitor quality management processes, ensuring compliance with organisational standards and project requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand and communicate requirements, priorities, and project impacts.
• Proactively assess risks and implement mitigation strategies to minimise project disruption.

Experience, Qualifications & Skills

Essential Experience

• Extensive recent experience in a Senior Planning or Project Controls role within a complex engineering, construction, infrastructure, defence, or similar project environment.
• Strong understanding of project planning across the full project lifecycle, from bid and tender stage through delivery and project close-out.
• Advanced expertise in scheduling software such as:
• Primavera P6
• Microsoft Project (MSP)
• Experience in:
• Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis
• Forensic Planning
• Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Critical Path Analysis
• Resource Planning and Forecasting
• Schedule Performance Analysis
• Knowledge of industry-standard contract frameworks such as:
• NEC
• FIDIC
• JCT

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in:
• Engineering
• Project Management
• Construction Management
• Or a related discipline
• Professional qualification or membership such as:
• APM
• AcostE
• RICS
• Or equivalent

Technical Knowledge & Competencies

• Advanced Expertise
• Schedule Management: Development, baselining, maintenance, and monitoring of integrated project schedules to support informed decision-making and project delivery.
• Resource Management: Identification, planning, and optimisation of resources including personnel, facilities, materials, and equipment throughout the programme lifecycle.
• Strong Working Knowledge
• Budgeting & Cost Control: Managing project budgets, forecasts, and actual costs against approved baselines, including the application of performance measures and tolerance management.
• Project Reviews: Understanding and application of legal, regulatory, and organisational review requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
• Change Control: Establishing and maintaining robust change control processes to effectively manage project scope, schedule, and cost impacts.
• Contract Management: Understanding contract structures, statements of work, supplier obligations, and commercial implications for both contracting organisations and delivery partners.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled Project Planner to contribute to complex, high-value programmes while working within a collaborative and professional project controls environment.