Senior Planner - SMR

Key Responsibilities - Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of integrated programme and project schedules. - Establish and manage planning baselines, critical paths, milestones, and key delivery dependencies. - Provide expert schedule analysis, forecasting, and performance assessments to support programme delivery. - Identify, assess, and communicate schedule risks, opportunities, and emerging issues, recommending mitigation and recovery strategies. - Support project and programme governance through the preparation and presentation of planning data, reports, and insights to senior stakeholders. - Ensure planning processes, methodologies, and controls are applied consistently across assigned programmes and projects. - Lead scenario planning and schedule optimisation activities to support strategic decision-making. - Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure alignment between engineering, procurement, manufacturing, licensing, and construction activities. - Support change management processes by assessing schedule impacts and maintaining accurate programme forecasts. - Mentor and support Project Planners and junior planning resources, promoting planning best practice and capability development. Key Attributes - Advanced planning, scheduling, and project controls expertise. - Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to interpret complex project data. - Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including engagement with senior leadership teams. - Ability to influence project outcomes through data-driven insights and recommendations. - Strong leadership and mentoring skills. - Experience working within large-scale engineering, infrastructure, energy, nuclear, or other highly regulated environments. - Proactive, collaborative, and delivery-focused approach.