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Job Title: Senior Planner Start Date: January 2026 Location: Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Set up: 3 days per week (1-day wfh) IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Hybrid Working: 1 day WFH, 2 days on-site Key Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and update project programmes using Primavera P6 (or equivalent). Monitor progress against baseline schedules and report variances. Prepare and present weekly and monthly progress reports to stakeholders. Analyse critical paths and identify potential delays, providing mitigation strategies. Support project controls including cost and resource loading where required. Liaise with project managers, engineers, and subcontractors to ensure accurate data collection. Assist in risk analysis and scenario planning for programme impacts. Ensure compliance with contractual requirements and client reporting standards. Contribute to tender planning and bid support if needed. Responsible for creating detailed Primavera P6 programmes from scratch, including defining work breakdown structures, sequencing activities, and integrating resources and milestones to establish a robust baseline schedule." Requirements Proven experience as a Senior Planner on large-scale construction projects. Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and MS Project. Knowledge of NEC contracts and healthcare sector experience desirable. Proven experience creating P6 plans from first principle Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Ability to work independently and deliver under tight deadlines. Apologies if you have already received the email - this role is now live again. Please disregard if this is not one for you. If this could be of interest please forward your updated CV to be shortlisted for the role and I will give you a call to discuss further. Please click to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement. To find out more about Progressive please visit Progressive Recruitment, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales

Métiers et Fonctions : Pilotage de projet ou de programme Development Spécialités technologiques : Data Visualisation, Restitution, Reporting Planification et gestion de projet Type de facturation : Assistance Technique (facturation au taux journalier) Compétences : Technologies et Outils : Critical Path, Teams, Microsoft Project Soft skills : Leadership Secteurs d'activités : Assurance Description et livrables : Le Senior Project Planner est responsable de la conception, du développement et de la maintenance de plans de livraison robustes, dépendants, pour des projets et programmes complexes. Son rôle consiste à construire des Structures de Découpage du Travail (WBS) et des plannings détaillés intégrés à l’aide de Microsoft Project, garantissant une base fiable pour la gestion, le contrôle et la prise de décision. Principales responsabilités : Planification et Scheduling : Définir et maintenir des WBS basés sur les livrables, produire des plans détaillés intégrant les dépendances, chemins critiques, jalons, ressources, etc. S’assurer que les plannings sont dépendants et basés sur des hypothèses validées, en intégrant plusieurs flux de travail et partenaires si nécessaire. Contrôle et Analyse des Plannings : Maintenir l’intégrité du planning lors du cycle de vie, analyser l’impact des changements, suivre l’avancement, identifier les retards ou risques, et soutenir les équipes avec des prévisions réalistes. Gouvernance, Risques et Reporting : Fournir des rapports précis et fondés, mettre en évidence les risques liés au planning, préparer des artefacts pour audits et revues, et appliquer uniformément les standards et hypothèses de planification.

CONTEXTE Experience : 8 ans et plus Métiers Fonctions : Pilotage de projet ou de programme, Développent Spécialités technologiques : Data Visualisation, Restitution,Planification et gestion de projet, Reporting MISSIONS The Senior Project Planner is responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of robust, dependency-driven delivery plans for complex projects and programmes. The role focuses on building Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and detailed, integrated schedules using Microsoft Project, providing a reliable planning and control baseline to support effective delivery, governance, and decision-making. Key Responsibilities Planning & Scheduling Develop and maintain deliverable-based Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) that accurately decompose scope into manageable work packages. Produce detailed, logically sequenced delivery plans in Microsoft Project, including: Task dependencies and network logic Critical path and float analysis Milestones, stage gates, and key decision points Resource assignment and levelling Schedule baselining and version control Ensure schedules are dependency-driven, based on validated assumptions and constraints, rather than date-driven planning. Integrate plans across multiple workstreams, suppliers, and business functions where required. Schedule Control & Analysis Maintain schedule integrity throughout the project lifecycle, incorporating approved changes in line with change control processes. Perform impact analysis for scope, sequencing, and resource changes, advising on schedule risk and mitigation options. Monitor progress against baseline, identifying slippage, emerging critical paths, and schedule compression risks. Support delivery teams with realistic forecasting and scenario planning. Governance, Risk & Reporting Provide accurate, evidence-based schedule reporting to project and programme leadership. Support RAID management by highlighting schedule-related risks, assumptions, and dependencies. Prepare planning artefacts for assurance reviews, audits, and stage-gate assessments. Ensure planning standards, templates, and planning assumptions are applied consistently. Expertise souhaitée French person, English-speaking or vice versa. I am looking for deep and wide experience. Someone who can build good work breakdown structure and then work with a team to build out the required plan and RAID log.