Senior Planner

Job Description

• Own, develop and maintain the master integrated programme (resource and cost loaded) schedule, ensuring alignment of programme and projects with approved scope, cost, risk and benefit baselines.
• Integrate individual project schedules into a single, logic driven programme schedule with consistent coding structures, sequencing and dependency management, suitable to analyse options, scenarios and facilitate risk modelling of Schedule and Costs.
• Identify, analyse and manage internal and external programme dependencies, interfaces, milestones and constraints.
• Maintain controlled schedule baselines, resource and cost actuals, and forecasts; managing schedule change in line with NWS governance.
• Produce and present programme schedules suitable for governance, assurance, regulator and government facing use.
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) and provide administrative support for Primavera P6, with strong fundamental knowledge of its application on major programmes and projects.
• Be the programme (SME) for Portfolio, Programme and Project planning, with strong knowledge of schedule management and quality for major infrastructure programmes.
• Lead and assure the effective use of planning standards, procedures and data structures across the programme, including quality assessments.
• Drive consistency, standardisation and continuous improvement of planning and scheduling practices, aligned to Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) Integrated Project Controls (IPC), Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) and Association for Project Management (APM) best practice.
• Actively contribute to the wider NWS planning community to share learning and improve planning capability.
• Provide assurance over the quality, robustness and maturity of project and programme schedules.
• Undertake schedule analysis to support critical path, dependency management and scenario assessment.
• Provide clear planning insight and narrative to support programme performance reporting and decision making.
• Line manage and lead a team of planners, providing direction, coaching, mentoring and professional development.
• Provide oversight and assurance of team outputs, ensuring schedules and planning products are consistent, high quality and fit for purpose.
• Provide expert planning advice throughout the full project and programme lifecycle. 

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Essential

• Extensive experience leading planning and scheduling activities on large programmes, (preferably in a regulated environment).
• Strong practical knowledge of Primavera P6 and its application and administration for integrated programme and multi-project scheduling. This includes Primavera P6 PPM & EPPM, Deltek Fuse 360 and DCMA 14 Point Schedule Assessments.
• Proven experience developing and managing integrated programme schedules across multiple projects alongside a good understanding of project controls disciplines including cost, risk, change and performance reporting.
• Demonstrable experience managing dependencies, interfaces and critical paths at all levels.
• Proven experience line managing and developing planning professionals.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present complex schedule information clearly, and in different formats, to senior stakeholders.
• Experience reporting schedule metrics and performance in a variety of ways to different audiances, including critical path, float erosion, earned value, etc.
• Relevant project or programme management qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. PMQ, MSP, P3M3, PRINCE2).

Desirable 

• Experience of Earned Value Management and Schedule Risk Analysis on complex programmes.
• Experience in Qualitative and Quantative Risk Analysis (preferably with the software system SAFRAN)
• Experience working within heavily regulated and assured environments.
• Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g. APM).

For employees on RWM T&C's this role is a 4-3

Who are we?

Simply put, our job is to secure a safer future for us all. We do this by managing and disposing of the UK’s nuclear radioactive waste safely and securely for generations to come. We have a critical role in the biggest multi-decade clean-up project in Europe. As part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group, we provide permanent answers for nuclear waste.

Nuclear Waste Services builds on the work delivered at the Low-Level Waste Repository (LLWR) site and the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) programme, maintaining these key activities whilst also adding further essential services for customers in the nuclear energy, defence, industrial, medical, and research sectors. Maintaining and developing this knowledge and experience is key to securing and developing our unique nuclear waste capabilities for the UK and the rest of the world

If you join Nuclear Waste Services, you’ll be part of a team that brings together some of the most brilliant minds from around the UK, working across many specialisms – scientific, engineering, safety, operations, commercial, community engagement, and regulatory – to name a few.

We want Nuclear Waste Services to be a great place​ to work where people are respected, included and can perform at their best. We do this by living our Nuclear Waste Services values;
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We are action orientated ​​​​​​​- We deliver for our customers, partners, and people safely & securely.

We are collaborative and inclusive - We have greater success when we work together.

We are ambitious - We are problem solvers who embrace and act upon new challenges.​​​​​

We act with integrity - We are trusted to build a safe, secure and sustainable future

What's in it for you?

• On appointment to NWS you will receive 25.5 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and you can accrue up to 13 extra days leave
• Rewarding performance (annual bonus scheme)
• We offer a generous pension scheme through CNNP
• learning and development support
• payment of relevant annual professional subscriptions
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial advice assistance
• Flexible working
• Extended family-friendly policies
• Cycle to work scheme
• We welcome flexible and agile working practices
• Flexible working requests can be submitted from day 1 of employment

Please note: all of our roles will require the successful applicant to achieve BPSS Security Clearance. Some of our roles may require a higher level of clearance to be achieved. If this is required, this will be detailed in the Job Requirements section. If the role requires higher level of National Security Vetting, applicants must typically have 5 or 10 years continuous residency. Factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the level of clearance you’re able to achieve. The Security Clearance process will be explained by your recruiter but if you do have any questions about this process, please reach out to a member of the Talent Acquisition Team at nws.recruitment@nuclearwasteservices.uk or see  National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

Equal Opportunities

We value the unique differences that each of our colleagues bring to work every day and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, included and able to perform at their best. At Nuclear Waste Service we are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse and inclusive. We value the diversity of our people and actively seek to have a workforce that represents the rich diversity of the communities we support. Currently we are underrepresented in some areas, and would particularly welcome applicants from Women, Black, Asian and Ethnic Minorities, LGBTQ+ and candidates who have a disability.

In promoting equal opportunities, Nuclear Waste Service welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We select people according to their abilities and our needs. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for the vacancy. 

Please note: Nuclear Waste Services reserves the right to close the vacancy early. 

If you have any queries or would like to discuss this role, please email nws.recruitment@nuclearwasteservices.uk