FDM Group
Senior Planner
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Job Description
Overview
FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking an experienced Senior Planner to support a major nuclear site transition and decommissioning programme. Working through a leading infrastructure consultancy, you will join a large integrated delivery team supporting an Energy client on a complex and nationally significant programme of work. This is initially a 12-month contract with good prospects to extend and will be a hybrid role based in Suffolk.
This is a unique opportunity to work client-side within one of the UK's most highly regulated environments, helping to shape and manage the transition, operational change, and eventual decommissioning activities of a critical energy asset.
We are looking for a planner who can do more than simply maintain schedules. The successful candidate will bring strong analytical thinking, programme insight, and the ability to challenge, influence, and drive effective decision-making across complex workstreams and stakeholder groups.
The role offers the chance to contribute to a long-term programme with significant strategic importance and excellent potential for extension.
Responsibilities
As a Senior Planner, you will be responsible for:
- Developing, managing, and assuring integrated programme schedules across a complex portfolio of transition and decommissioning activities.
- Working closely with programme managers, engineers, project controls teams, and client stakeholders to provide robust planning support, schedule analysis, and programme forecasting.
- Playing a key role in identifying risks, understanding programme dependencies, challenging delivery assumptions, and ensuring that planning outputs support informed decision-making across the programme.
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About You
Qualifications
- Degree or equivalent qualification in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Programme Controls, or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in planning and scheduling within large-scale infrastructure, engineering, energy, or major project environments.
- Primavera P6 certification or equivalent planning qualifications highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of programme controls, project lifecycle management, and planning best practices.
Required Skills and Experience
Must-Have
- Proven experience as a Senior Planner within major infrastructure, engineering, nuclear, utilities, energy, or capital delivery programmes.
- Advanced Primavera P6 expertise, including schedule development, maintenance, analysis, and reporting.
- Experience developing and managing complex integrated master schedules.
- Strong understanding of critical path analysis, dependency management, forecasting, and schedule optimisation.
- Experience operating within highly regulated environments.
- Ability to analyse complex programme challenges and provide practical planning solutions.
- Strong programme controls and project governance knowledge.
- Experience engaging with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
- Ability to challenge constructively and influence programme outcomes through data-driven insights.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Experience working within large programme teams and complex organisational structures.
Nice to Have
- Previous experience supporting nuclear generation, nuclear decommissioning, or wider energy-sector programmes.
- Experience working client-side within major infrastructure or capital delivery organisations.
- Knowledge of transition, operational change, asset lifecycle, or decommissioning programmes.
- Experience working within consultancy-led delivery environments.
- Familiarity with risk management, quantitative schedule risk analysis, and programme assurance activities.
- Understanding of earned value management and wider programme controls disciplines.
- Experience supporting executive-level reporting and governance forums.
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks applicable to nuclear or highly regulated industries.
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About Us
FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.
Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, provincial, or local laws.
Why Join Us
- Career coaching, mentoring, and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career.
- Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad.
- Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths, and build a skillset within your field.
- Annual leave and workplace pension.
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