Lead Planner

Job Title:                      Lead Planner

Location:                      Bristol, UK + Hybrid Working Arrangement

Compensation:            Attractive Salary + Benefits

Role Type:                    Full time / Permanent

Role ID:                         SF72934

Shape one of the UK’s most critical nuclear infrastructure projects

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 Lead Planner, at our Aztec West, Bristol site.

The role

As a Lead Planner, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll play a pivotal role on the Sizewell C programme, one of the UK’s largest and most important nuclear infrastructure projects. This is a high‑impact position where your leadership and insight will shape how a complex, multi‑discipline project is planned, coordinated and delivered.

Day-to-day you’ll be required to:

• Owning and maintaining the integrated project schedule, ensuring alignment across all disciplines and workstreams
• Leading critical path analysis, schedule risk assessments, scenario planning and mitigation strategies
• Coordinating and mentoring planning engineers, promoting consistent standards, tools and reporting
• Producing and presenting high‑quality planning reports and forecasts to senior stakeholders
• Facilitating planning workshops and collaborative sessions with project teams, partners and suppliers

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements.

Essential experience of the Lead Planner

• Proven experience planning large, complex projects or programmes
• Experience working in highly regulated environments such as nuclear, energy, defence, infrastructure or rail
• Strong, hands‑on expertise using Primavera P6
• Experience leading, coordinating or mentoring planning teams
• A proactive, solutions‑focused approach to multi‑discipline programme delivery

Qualifications for the Lead Planner

• Degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (desirable)
• Recognised project management qualification such as APM, or equivalent demonstrable experience

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• 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 is a benefit that allows UK Cavendish employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Cavendish

We’re Cavendish Nuclear — a team of c5,000 specialists and a core part of Babcock International Group.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. Across clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning, your work will contribute to projects that are critical to energy security and national protection. Together, we’re shaping a future that lasts — not only through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

Join us and discover how far we can go, together.

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: 30/04/2026

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