Location
G&T London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
We are currently looking for a Senior Associate Planner to support the growth of the business and the continued delivery of world-class service to our diverse client base. This role will provide the planning function with strategic direction across complex projects and programmes, ensuring schedule integrity, effective planning governance, and alignment to project or programme objectives. You will provide an advanced level of planning and scheduling support, mentor junior planners, and work closely with leadership to drive quality and performance.

This role requires strong technical ability coupled with clear communication and leadership skills. Opportunities include involvement in market-leading initiatives utilising emerging scheduling cloud technology, participation in sector communities, specialist forums, and business development.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead development and management of detailed project and programme schedules using Primavera P6 or equivalent tools
- Establish and maintain planning and scheduling processes and procedures
- Develop integrated Work Breakdown Structures aligned to project scope and governance lifecycle
- Implement and enforce planning standards aligned to client governance
- Conduct schedule assurance reviews and support project audits
- Champion planning excellence and continuous improvement
- Lead schedule progress assessments, performance trending, and variance analysis
- Identify schedule risks, develop mitigation strategies, and conduct impact assessments
- Ensure integrated controls between Schedule, Cost, and Risk functions
- Engage with senior stakeholders, clients, and contractors to ensure schedule accuracy
- Facilitate planning and coordination workshops
- Translate schedule data into actionable insights for senior leadership decision-making
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of planners
- Act as a subject matter expert and advocate for Planning and Scheduling
- Contribute to risk management strategies and change control development
- Support management of project risk and opportunity registers
- Lead planning input for claims and delay analysis when required
- Lead schedule reporting and support cost forecasting accuracy
- Prepare and deliver monthly cost forecasts integrating cost plans with activity schedules
- Communicate effectively at all levels, lead workshops, and present to senior management

Experience
- Providing planning services on major capital projects or programmes valued at £100m+ including live operational environments
- Experience in sectors such as nuclear, energy, rail, aviation, utilities, highways, defence, or other major infrastructure
- Leading and managing a controls function
- Building and maintaining integrated programmes
- Monitoring and maintaining forecast schedules against baselines
- Working within structured PMO or project controls environments
- Delivering or supporting dashboard-style reports using Excel and/or Power BI
- Competent user of scheduling software (Primavera P6, Microsoft Project) and Microsoft Office suite
- Familiarity with standard construction contracts (e.g. NEC)

About You
- Strong communication skills with ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels, lead workshops, and present to senior management
- Ability to build strong client relationships and network effectively
- Skilled at translating complex data into clear, engaging messages and reports
- Excellent organisational, planning, and proactive time management skills
- Self-motivated, able to achieve deliverables with minimal supervision
- Motivated, ambitious, and able to deliver high-quality work within challenging timeframes in a consultancy environment

Qualifications
- Relevant qualifications and experience in planning and scheduling are expected though not explicitly stated; proficiency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, and reporting tools is essential