Lead Planner

Lead Planner
Location: Onsite - Thurso, Caithness
Contract Type: 12-Month Contract
Rate: £31 - £53 per hour (Umbrella)

Additional Benefits:

• Up to £75 per day Travel & Subsistence allowance for those outside commuting distance
• Professional development opportunity into a portfolio-level lead role
• Opportunity to mentor and train others in planning practices

Closing Date for Applications: Tuesday 9th September 2025
Interviews: Face-to-Face, week commencing 22nd September 2025

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Lead Planner to join a portfolio team working on a major programme of work in Thurso. This role provides excellent exposure at portfolio level, combining planning leadership, performance management, and change control responsibilities.

The Lead Planner will play a pivotal role in developing and monitoring delivery targets, managing schedule assurance, overseeing integrated project controls, and ensuring that best practices are applied across the business. This is also a hands-on leadership position with responsibility for mentoring team members and guiding the effective use of planning tools and processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain site planning procedures and controlled documents.
• Analyse programme schedules, identify emerging risks, and support change control reviews.
• Provide training and mentoring to strengthen organisational planning capability.
• Analyse critical paths, dependencies, and inter-discipline requirements to establish logical work sequences.
• Deliver accurate portfolio performance data into accountability reviews.
• Set, monitor, and report against delivery targets, supporting both internal and external audits.
• Act as the subject matter expert for planning systems, processes, and tools.
• Act as the intelligent customer for Primavera P6 software.
• Line management responsibility for staff within the planning function.

Candidate Requirements

Essential:

• HND (or equivalent qualification) with significant planning experience.
• Strong understanding of portfolio and project controls.
• Skilled in schedule analysis, critical path methodology, and performance reporting.
• Proven experience with planning software, ideally Primavera P6.
• Ability to lead, mentor, and develop others.

Security & Compliance

• Must hold or be eligible for SC Clearance.
• Will be required to complete a Drugs & Alcohol test and DBS check prior to site access.

For more information or to apply contact Daniel Cordy at TEC Partners.