Job Title - Planning Engineer

Location - Dungeness, Kent

Salary - Up to £52k plus car allowance, and an excellent benefits package

About the Role

Due to continued growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Planning Engineer to join our client's successful team based in Dungeness, Kent.

This role offers the opportunity to support a major EDF Project Controls Resource Framework, contributing to the defueling and decommissioning of an AGR nuclear power station. The successful candidate will play a key role in programme development, project reporting, and stakeholder engagement within a highly regulated environment.

As a Planning Engineer, you will work closely with project stakeholders to develop, maintain, and manage project programmes, ensuring accurate updates and reporting both internally and externally.

Please note: Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain security clearance. Therefore, applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past 3 years.

Our client values diversity, collaboration, and innovation, and encourages applications from individuals with varied backgrounds and experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop breakdown structures, quality criteria, product descriptions, and monitoring strategies.
• Gather, record, and validate project assumptions to ensure plans are realistic and achievable.
• Work closely with the Project Controls team to maintain alignment between financial forecasting and project plans.
• Support Project Managers in identifying opportunities to optimise delivery through resource smoothing, levelling, and activity rescheduling.
• Identify wider resource requirements to support successful project delivery.
• Ensure stakeholder requirements are fully understood and reflected within reporting arrangements.
• Provide guidance on planning processes throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Support continuous improvement, capability development, and best practice in planning and reporting.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience using Primavera P6.
• Experience developing cost and resource-loaded project plans.
• Understanding and practical application of Earned Value Analysis (EVA) reporting.
• Proactive approach with the confidence to challenge teams and identify programme efficiencies and mitigation strategies.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
• Understanding of estimating, scheduling, programming, and risk management tools.
• Previous experience within Project Controls and/or Project Delivery, ideally within a highly regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of critical path analysis.

Qualifications

Essential

• Minimum GCSE (or equivalent) in Mathematics.

Desirable

• HNC/HND, degree qualification, or equivalent experience in a planning-related discipline.
• APMG Project Planning & Control Practitioner qualification (or equivalent).
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification.

If you feel that this is the role for you, please apply with your latest CV.