Senior Planner in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Senior Planning Engineer - Water Infrastructure

Hybrid - 2 to 3 days a week in the office

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours a week

Pay: up to £60,000

Location: Peterborough

We are seeking an experienced Senior Planning Engineer to support major infrastructure programmes within the Water sector. This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing project controls team delivering complex, large-scale projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage integrated project schedules using Primavera P6
• Sequence and schedule works across major infrastructure programmes
• Monitor project performance against baselines and recommend corrective actions
• Work closely with clients, contractors, and project teams
• Analyse delays, resource conflicts, and schedule risks
• Produce progress reports and planning updates for programme leadership
• Support schedule change management and dependency coordination across multi-disciplinary teams

Essential Experience

• Proven planning and scheduling experience on major infrastructure projects
• Strong Water industry experience essential
• EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) experience required
• Expert user of Primavera P6 and strong knowledge of Microsoft Project
• Experience managing integrated schedules, delay analysis, and project controls
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis, resource levelling, and schedule risk analysis
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong analytical approach with high attention to detail