Senior Planner

Job Opportunity: Senior Planner – Transportation Division (Contract Role)
Location: London, Birmingham, Manchester, or Bristol (flexible)
Contract Duration: 6 months
IR35 Status: inside 
Start Date: ASAP

Join a world-class project controls team delivering some of the UK’s most high-profile transportation infrastructure projects. We are seeking a Senior Planner with a strong background in transportation, particularly within rail and highways, to support a range of complex, multidisciplinary programmes.

Responsibilities: 

• Take ownership of project scheduling and controls for major infrastructure projects (up to £50m).

• Develop and maintain detailed project and tender programmes using Primavera P6.

• Implement Earned Value Management (EVM) and provide insightful reports on performance and progress.

• Identify and mitigate schedule risks, delays, and changes, and provide strategic advice to project leadership.

• Lead project controls meetings, support client reporting, and guide junior planners.

• Liaise closely with engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure accurate and realistic scheduling.

Essential Requirements: 

• Proven experience planning and controlling large transportation projects.

• Strong understanding of transportation technologies: Signalling, Track, Structures, E&P, Telecoms, etc.

• Expert in Primavera P6 and familiar with enterprise-level systems and project management tools.

• Working knowledge of NEC contracts, risk/cost analysis, claims management, and Work Package Management.

• Skilled communicator with experience presenting to senior stakeholders and clients.

• Preferred: Engineering qualification (Mechanical/Civil), APM membership.