Senior Project Planner
Reference Number: 439115
Job Published: 19/05/2026
Employment Type: Contract
rate: £65 - £70 Per hour
Industry: Engineering
Job Type: Full Time
Role: Senior Project Planner
Location: Bristol(2-3days/week)
Duration: 6 months
Inside IR35: Umbrella
The role is responsible for creating, managing and analysing portfolio-level schedules that combine bids, opportunities and strategic initiatives, providing resource-informed planning insights to support leadership decisions on prioritisation, scheduling, feasibility and sequencing.
Working within established planning frameworks and guidance, the role focuses on enabling informed decision-making through planning support, rather than taking ownership of delivery execution or contractual obligations.
Responsibilities:
- Portfolio Scheduling & Integration
- Resource Awareness & Utilisation Forecasting
- Scenario Planning & Option Analysis
- Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Forecasting & Management Information
- Planning Assurance & Continuous Improvement
Experience :
- Demonstrable experience in project planning, scheduling or project controls within a structured delivery environment
- Experience developing and maintaining integrated schedules with logical sequencing and clearly articulated assumptions
- Experience supporting bids, opportunities or early‑lifecycle planning activities, including schedule development for decision‑making
- Experience working with resource‑driven planning assumptions to support feasibility, prioritisation or utilisation forecasting
- Experience producing scenario‑based planning outputs, including what‑if analysis and option comparison
- Experience engaging with multi‑disciplinary stakeholders to gather planning inputs and communicate schedule implications clearly
- Experience operating within a matrix management environment, balancing functional standards with operational priorities
- Proficient in the use of planning tools such as P6 and MS Project
- APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or equivalent level of project planning knowledge
Due to the nature of the work carried out at our client's site, these roles are subject to specific nationality requirements and are only open to sole British citizens. Candidates who meet this criterion will also be required to undergo security clearance vetting.
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