Senior Planner

• Pay Range
• £50,600 – £66,500
• Location

Manchester, Warrington or Derby with Hybrid Working.

About the Role

At Rolls‑Royce SMR, we’re building something world‑changing — and strong, credible planning is key to making it happen.

You’ll join our Project Management Office as a Senior Planner, playing a pivotal role in shaping, developing, and assuring integrated project schedules across complex engineering programmes.

You’ll work closely with multidisciplinary teams, providing expert planning insight and helping us deliver with confidence, clarity, and control.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with project teams to develop robust, integrated schedules across engineering, procurement, and construction phases.
• Build schedules using bottom‑up estimating, logical sequencing, and realistic resource profiles.
• Develop and maintain short‑ and long‑term plans that are fit for purpose and aligned to programme governance.
• Own and update project control data for your assigned area, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and insight.
• Lead planning activities within your scope, providing subject‑matter expertise on planning and scheduling.
• Support, coach, and mentor junior planners, helping to build capability across the team.
• Provide SME advice to the wider business on planning standards, tools, and best practice.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience working within a planning or project controls team, ideally in complex programme environments.
• Confidence leading planning activities and supporting team objectives day‑to‑day.
• Experience coaching, mentoring, or training planners at different stages of their career.
• Strong understanding of integrated planning approaches, such as Master Integrated Plans (MIP/IMS) and milestone logic.
• Experience working with a wide range of stakeholders, including engineering, supply chain, procurement and programme delivery.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6, including schedule build, WBS structures, coding and resource management.
• Practical experience of Earned Value Management, change control and baseline management.
• Exposure to complex engineering or regulated programmes (nuclear experience is valuable but not essential).

Essential Training & Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Primavera P6 (Practitioner level or equivalent experience).
• APM PMQ (or equivalent).
• Solid experience working in a project controls or PMO environment.
• Ideally, You’ll Also Bring
• APM PPC (Practitioner) or similar qualification.
• Performance Indicators
• Delivering schedules that are mature, credible and fit for purpose.
• Providing clear planning insight that supports confident decision‑making.
• Actively developing capability through coaching and mentoring junior planners.
• Being recognised as a trusted planning SME within Rolls‑Royce SMR.
• Reward & Benefits
• £2,200 flexible benefits allowance.
• 12.5% bonus opportunity.
• 6x pensionable salary life assurance.
• 50% income protection.
• 28 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• £250 new‑joiner payment.
• Flexible and part‑time working options available.
• Flexible Working
• Hybrid working.
• Flexible hours.
• About the Employer

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds.

Inclusivity is important to us, and as a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Hiring Process

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening:

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance.
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check.
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