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 abilitiesWant to know more about the role? APPLY TODAY or reach out to Chris at TEC Partners
Salary description
£50000.00 - £80000.00 per year