Balfour Beatty plc

Senior Planner - Transverse

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Location
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/17/2025
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About The Role

Our projects are more than just your opportunity to make your mark. They’re an opportunity to stretch, test and develop your expertise. Join our Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick team as a Senior Planner- Transverse on the Sizewell C Project and you’ll deliver complex work that really matters to our business, and the world around you.

Sizewell C will create a 3.2 gigawatt power station generating low-carbon electricity for at least 60 years. It will be built next to Sizewell B which began operating in 1995 and has so far avoided more than 76 million tonnes of carbon emissions. Our proposal is to build a new nuclear power station on the East Suffolk coast which will supply 6 million homes with low-carbon electricity.

Role Purpose

  • Lead and coordinate cross functional planning activities across multiple workstreams.
  • Ensure that all integrated planning processes are consistent , efficient with strategic project objectives and supports the team in the development of the integrated schedule.
  • Provide expert guidance to maintain coherence between design, procurement, manufacture, install phases of the project

What you'll be doing

As a Senior Planner, you'll have the following accountabilities;

  • Lead the development, integration and maintenance of the transverse scope within the overall detailed schedule
  • Conduct critical path analysis, float management and scenario planning
  • Lead schedule risk assessments and mitigation planning
  • Mentor planning engineers ensuring consistency in methodology , reporting , and control standards
  • Produce / feed in to and present high-level planning reports and forecasts to key stakeholders
  • Actively contribute to continuous improvement of planning processes within the team to maintain a robust schedule and monthly way of working (Including change control processes)
  • Lead live planning sessions within the team , wider DLT and key stakeholders where required to support key development areas of the schedule
  • Look ahead to support on upcoming phases with proactive planning
  • Understand the high-level scope across each function to enable support / consistent approach to common (transverse) activities
  • These accountabilities are not an exhaustive list of the responsibilities and activities that the job holder may be required to undertake.

Who we're looking for

  • Degree in Engineering, or a related technical filed
  • Experience in project planning with experience of working within the Nuclear sector
  • Experience of working on large scale projects
  • Advance user of Primavera P6
  • Strong technical understanding

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

Why join us?

Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

  • Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
  • 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
  • Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
  • Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…

About Us

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick is a leader in mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and mechanical, electrical and instrumentation (ME&I) solutions.

We design, install and maintain the complex systems and technologies that underpin the UK’s national infrastructure and bring buildings to life.

Diversity and inclusion

At Balfour Beatty we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential components of any successful, happy workplace. Through our Value Everyone Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan, we are growing our diverse workforce and developing our inclusive culture where everyone is able to thrive and reach their full potential, regardless of their identity or background. To find out how we are making this a reality, visit www.balfourbeatty.com/diversityandinclusion

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. For more info, visit: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/

We are looking to continually improve our resourcing process and ensure that it is fair and inclusive for all. If you have any feedback on the process, please share this with us at: [email protected].
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