Senior MS Planner

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Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to‑end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

At this level a Senior Planning Engineer (PMO Scheduling specialist) is responsible for applying schedule management independently, primarily in complex situations using MS Planner. Preparing and maintaining integrated schedules of project and/or programme activities and events, taking into account dependencies and resource requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Develop/implement and maintain the Project structures (WBS/OBS/RBS/CBS)
  • Develop/baseline and maintain the Project integrated schedule. (Level 1-3)
  • Ensure alignment between the integrated scheduling toolset and the company’s financial and material demand toolset. This includes alignment of any Level 4/5 schedules.
  • Regular status update of the integrated schedule and the provision of metrics (eg critical path/total float) and schedule analysis of the impact to the project.
  • Resource/cost loaded schedules to inform the IBP and also to provide financial status of the project
  • Provision of schedule risk analysis updates on a monthly basis and to inform the baseline
  • Inclusion of key milestones and status against these
  • Critical path analysis of the integrated schedule on a regular basis
  • Correctly record project progress in the schedule, reschedule to take effect of the progress data and communicate the results to the project team and advise of any appropriate corrective action.
  • Understand and report on project using Earned Value Analysis techniques and interpret/communicate the results and any corrective action to the project team.
  • Establishing and leading on Interactive Planning workshops
  • Leading on Rolling Wave (lookahead) meetings
  • Ensuring that the schedule is cost loaded in line with the Baseline budgets
  • Ensuring that the schedule is updated with forecast dates and Estimates at Completion (EAC’s)
  • What-if scenarios
  • Support to commercial change process and impact assessments
  • Inclusion of key supplier and subcontract schedules
  • Lead on alignment of schedule to project change register.
  • Attending and contributing the business Scheduling Community of Practise

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in engineering / project / construction management or a related field
  • Professional qualification (e.g. APM/Acoste/RICS) (or equivalent)

Essential Skills

  • MS Planner
  • Key Outputs / Deliverables: Business Unit
  • Project Cardinal Date Plan
  • Level 3 Integrated Baseline Schedule
  • Schedule Risk Analysis
  • Schedule variance reporting/analysis
  • Critical Path reporting/Analysis
  • Toolset alignment reports
  • Resource Profiles
  • EVM Data
  • Archived Schedules
  • Scheduling maturity model
  • PM Controls Framework

Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive.

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Company: Expleo Group
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Location: Bristol
Job Description:

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to‑end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

At this level a Senior Planning Engineer (PMO Scheduling specialist) is responsible for applying schedule management independently, primarily in complex situations using MS Planner. Preparing and maintaining integrated schedules of project and/or programme activities and events, taking into account dependencies and resource requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Develop/implement and maintain the Project structures (WBS/OBS/RBS/CBS)
  • Develop/baseline and maintain the Project integrated schedule. (Level 1-3)
  • Ensure alignment between the integrated scheduling toolset and the company’s financial and material demand toolset. This includes alignment of any Level 4/5 schedules.
  • Regular status update of the integrated schedule and the provision of metrics (eg critical path/total float) and schedule analysis of the impact to the project.
  • Resource/cost loaded schedules to inform the IBP and also to provide financial status of the project
  • Provision of schedule risk analysis updates on a monthly basis and to inform the baseline
  • Inclusion of key milestones and status against these
  • Critical path analysis of the integrated schedule on a regular basis
  • Correctly record project progress in the schedule, reschedule to take effect of the progress data and communicate the results to the project team and advise of any appropriate corrective action.
  • Understand and report on project using Earned Value Analysis techniques and interpret/communicate the results and any corrective action to the project team.
  • Establishing and leading on Interactive Planning workshops
  • Leading on Rolling Wave (lookahead) meetings
  • Ensuring that the schedule is cost loaded in line with the Baseline budgets
  • Ensuring that the schedule is updated with forecast dates and Estimates at Completion (EAC’s)
  • What-if scenarios
  • Support to commercial change process and impact assessments
  • Inclusion of key supplier and subcontract schedules
  • Lead on alignment of schedule to project change register.
  • Attending and contributing the business Scheduling Community of Practise

Qualifications

  • A Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in engineering / project / construction management or a related field
  • Professional qualification (e.g. APM/Acoste/RICS) (or equivalent)

Essential Skills

  • MS Planner
  • Key Outputs / Deliverables: Business Unit
  • Project Cardinal Date Plan
  • Level 3 Integrated Baseline Schedule
  • Schedule Risk Analysis
  • Schedule variance reporting/analysis
  • Critical Path reporting/Analysis
  • Toolset alignment reports
  • Resource Profiles
  • EVM Data
  • Archived Schedules
  • Scheduling maturity model
  • PM Controls Framework

Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and ourpeers through good times and challenges
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive.

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Posted: May 2nd, 2026