Senior Planning Manager

Role Title

Senior Planning Manager

Location

Derby, Manchester, Warrington

Overview

We are Rolls‑Royce SMR and we're doing something that has never been done before. We're revolutionising an industry. That's a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

We are now recruiting for the exciting role of Senior Planning Manager, to be involved in industry leading, cutting‑edge design project for a new type of power station.

Reporting to the Head of Planning with the PMO, the Senior Planning Manager leads the development and implementation of comprehensive and credible project plans by the team, aligning with the overall business and customer goals and objectives of the project. The role ensures every aspect of the scope is thoroughly understood, captured, and assigned the necessary sub‑contractors, resources, and estimated labour hours and costs for successful delivery. It also involves identifying dependencies, key milestones, deliverables, and integration with risk management to maintain a credible critical path to keep the project on track and manage Rolls‑Royce SMR's business risks.

As the planning subject matter expert, the Senior Planning Manager provides guidance on best practice planning techniques to develop credible plans that meet all contractual requirements and align with RR SMR planning standards. This position requires collaboration with multiple stakeholders from various disciplines and functions across the business and sub‑contractors to ensure plans are well understood and have stakeholder buy‑in.

Additionally, the role includes managing a planning team to ensure that planners adhere to the standards set by the Programme Management Office (PMO).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and ensure development of a schedule which meets all customer contractual and business requirements.
• Ensure sub‑contract packages are fully integrated.
• Ensure schedule integrity by validating dependencies, milestones, and critical paths.
• Support the PMO in maintaining scheduling standards and governance frameworks for the organisation.
• Coordinate with lead planners, project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to maintain accurate dependencies and critical path data.
• Prepare and present high‑level project status reports to senior management, explaining critical path and float positions.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and industry standards.
• Provide training and support to team members on scheduling best practices and tools.
• Collaborate with teams to anticipate and manage future planning resource demands by gaining a thorough understanding of their needs.
• As part of the Project Controls team, facilitate the integration of schedule with cost for Earned Value Analysis and other performance metrics.

Key Results

• Support the Delivery of an integrated schedule with alignment across all project phases.
• Support the planning teams meet contractual deadlines.
• Enhanced visibility of programme timelines for senior stakeholders through accurate reporting.

Qualifications

If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you. We welcome applications from people with transferable skills.

Pay and Benefits

• Salary between £68,000 – £89,000 DOE plus
• Bonus – Performance related target opportunity 17%
• Benefits Allowance – £5,000 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package
• Pension – 12% employer and 6% employee contributions
• Holidays – 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days
• Private Medical Insurance – BUPA single cover health care
• Life Assurance – 6x pensionable pay
• £250 – One‑off payment for new starters for home office purchases

Company

We are Rolls‑Royce SMR – a rare employer that blends the world‑class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start‑up that has a hugely challenging mission.

Each Rolls‑Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low‑carbon energy, > 150 onshore wind turbines, and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll‑out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues.

Our culture is focused on ensuring that teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We embrace diversity, innovation, and continuous learning.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. As a Disability Confident organisation, we are committed to fair, supportive, and continually improving recruitment practices that ensure everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

Application Process

Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening:

• Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
• Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
• Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check

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