Senior Planner

Job Title: Senior Project Planner

Salary: 53,000 - 80,000

Travel: Up to 10%

Eligibility: UK Citizenship required + plus SC Clearance

Join a forward-thinking organisation at the forefront of innovation, tackling complex challenges and shaping the future of technology. This is an opportunity to be part of a team where your work has real impact-both on critical programmes and your own career development.

The job

As a Senior Project Planner, you will play a key role in supporting PMO and programme teams delivering highly complex, large-scale defence projects. You will be responsible for developing and assuring robust, fully integrated schedules that inform decision-making across project, programme, and portfolio levels.

Working closely with Project and Programme Managers, you'll act as a trusted planning partner-providing leadership, insight, and analysis to ensure alignment with contractual, commercial, and technical objectives throughout the full lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and control integrated master schedules using Primavera P6 across large, multi-workstream programmes
• Ensure schedules are logically linked, baselined, and compliant with best practice and governance standards
• Conduct critical path analysis, what-if scenario modelling, and recovery planning
• Identify and manage schedule risks and opportunities, embedding mitigations into programme plans
• Support bids and proposals with compliant and credible planning inputs
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) to track performance, analyse variances, and assess change impacts
• Perform and support Schedule Risk Analysis, including quantitative modelling
• Produce high-quality reports, dashboards, and insights for stakeholders
• Support internal and external audits related to planning, EVM, and risk
• Collaborate across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and commercial teams
• Mentor junior planners and provide subject matter expertise in planning tools and methodologies

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in project planning within defence, aerospace, or complex engineering environments
• Advanced, hands-on expertise with Primavera P6
• Proven application of Earned Value Management (EVM)
• Experience conducting Schedule Risk Analysis and interpreting outputs
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to communicate complex data clearly to stakeholders
• Experience managing integrated schedules across multi-disciplinary teams and suppliers
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Effective stakeholder engagement and collaboration abilities

Want to know more about the role? APPLY TODAY or reach out to Chris at TEC Partners