Senior Planner

Your Impact:

At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.

About the Opportunity

Assurance, Technology and Regulation (ATR) has a primary focus on three key areas; Independent Oversight and Assurance, Technology Development, and Regulatory Support. We have been directly involved in the Royal Navy's Nuclear Submarine Program for six decades and support the UK Civil Nuclear and Decommissioning industries.

Jacobs Technology and Cyber security team have some exciting opportunities with our Assurance, technology and regulations team and are looking for a talented and enthusiastic lead planner who is keen to cement our existing expertise in delivering projects to our key clients, while encouraging the growth of our business in this sector. The role will be 50% project based, 50% portfolio improvements, looking to deliver new ways of working to improve both planning efficiency and quality.

You will be responsible for:

• Act as the Performance unit's go to, for Planning improvement initiatives.


• Ensure planning outputs are delivered on time, to a good standard across projects.


• Deliver new ways of working to improve planning efficiency and quality.


• Maintain / update appropriate Planning documentation across programme.


• Provide support and guidance to planning resource within projects.


• Work with Project Controls line management for resource demand / availability.


• Continue the presence and engagement of planning services to AT&R.


• Contribute to Lessons Learnt process throughout the project lifecycle


The role is predominantly Warrington based but Home / remote working is available and considered appropriate, consideration can also be given in respect to part time & flexible working hours.

Here's what you'll need:

We are looking for candidates who c

• Extensive planning / scheduling experience


• A proven track record of successful delivery within the planning function using planning tools such as Primavera


an demonstrate the following:Engagement and development of excellent relationships with client senior managers, regulators, and other stakeholders, including internal Jacobs management

• Due to the requirements of the project, our client will require the successful candidate to hold SC Clearance.


Our Culture:

Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and diversity. We put people at the heart of our business and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees. Find out more about life at Jacobs.

We aim to embed inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we're more connected, and if we are diverse, we're more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. This is reflected in our wide range of Global Employee Networks centred on inclusion and diversity - ACE, Careers, Enlace, Harambee, OneWorld, Prism, Vetnet, and Women's - find out more about our employee networks here.

Jacobs partners with VERCIDA to help us attract and retain diverse talent. For greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.

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At Jacobs, we'll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. With more than 55,000 people in 40 countries, working at Jacobs offers an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive and diverse team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.

People are Jacobs' greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.

In addition to the benefits you'd expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships. We also give back to our communities through our Collectively program which incorporates matched-funding, paid volunteering time and charitable donations.