Overview

Job Title: Senior Project Planner. Location: Blantyre, Glasgow, Scotland – Hybrid Working Arrangement. Compensation: Competitive + Benefits. Role Type: Full time / Permanent. Role ID: SF64051.

At Cavendish Nuclear we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Senior Project Planner at our Blantyre site.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning across Cavendish’s nuclear projects, owning complex, high-value schedules.


• Apply expert planning principles and tools like Primavera P6 to maintain integrated schedules aligned with strategic objectives across the full project lifecycle.


• Develop and maintain project structures and integrated schedules (Levels 1–3).


• Provide regular schedule updates, metrics (e.g. critical path/total float), and variance analysis.


• Conduct critical path analysis and earned value reporting, communicating corrective actions.


• Ensure alignment of schedules with cost and material demand tools.


• Lead planning workshops and contribute to risk analysis and “what-if” scenarios.


• This role is full time, 37 hours per week with hybrid working (2 days in the office, 3 days remote).

Essential experience

• Extensive experience in a similar planning role within engineering or infrastructure.


• Advanced user of Primavera P6 with a strong understanding of planning best practice.


• Proven expertise in schedule risk analysis, earned value, and interactive planning workshops.


• Full lifecycle planning experience from bid through to close-out.

Qualifications

• A degree in engineering, project or construction management is desirable.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.


• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.


• Employee share scheme.


• Employee shopping savings portal.


• Payment of Professional Fees.


• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.


• Holiday Trading allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one week of annual leave; the window opens February through March.


• Be Kind Day enables one paid leave day per year for volunteering.


• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme.

Cavendish Nuclear
As a leader within the UK nuclear industry, Cavendish Nuclear, part of Babcock International Group, provides a comprehensive range of critical nuclear solutions. Your career with us could take you anywhere within Babcock International Group.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing Date

Closing Date: 06/09/2025

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