Project Planner
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Position Overview & Specifications
Job Title: Project Planner
Location: Warrington / Bristol or Newbury
Compensation: £30,000 - £45,000 (Negotiable)
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF 51015
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Planner at one of our sites in Bristol, Warrington or Newbury.
The role
As a Planner you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You will join our project controls team on a ground breaking project involving the decommissioning of a nuclear site. The project is of immense importance and spans over a period of five years. With a total value of 90 million pounds, it represents a significant investment in ensuring safe and efficient nuclear waste disposal.
Day to day, you’ll be preparing and maintaining integrated schedules of project activities and events.
Responsibilities of the Planner
- Develop/implement and maintain the Project structures (WBS/OBS/RBS/CBS)
- Develop/baseline and maintain the Project integrated schedule. (Level 1-3)
- Ensure alignment between the integrated scheduling toolset and the companies financial and material demand toolset. This includes alignment of any Level 4/5 schedules.
- Understand and report on project using Earned Value Analysis techniques and interpret/communicate the results and any corrective action to the project team.
- Provision of schedule risk analysis updates on a monthly basis and to inform the baseline
- Support to commercial change process, impact assessments and execute change control process as appropriate
Essential experience of the Planner
- Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector
- Awareness of NEC3/4 contracting methodologies
- Advanced knowledge of scheduling toolsets e.g. Primavera/MSP etc…
- Full project lifecycle experience from bid phase through to close out
- Quantitative risk analysis experience
The Planner role offers agile, hybrid working patterns. You will be expected to work in one of our office locations for a minimum of 2 days each week. There will also be very occasional visits to our customers site in Newbury.
Qualifications for the Planner
- A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in engineering/project/construction - (desirable)
- Professional qualification (eg APM/Acoste/RICS) – (desirable)
The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance level for this role.
Our Benefits
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
For the full extensive Benefits package please visit our Careers pages
Babcock International
For over 130 years Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Job Segment: Nuclear Engineering, CSR, Engineer, Engineering, Management
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Architectural & Engineering Services
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Project Planner roles across Babcock International's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Architectural & Engineering Services.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £30,000 - £45,000 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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