Armed Forces Pathway - Project P6 Planner

Location/s: Newcastle, Glasgow, Altrincham, York, Brighton, Croydon; UK
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

About the Armed Forces Pathway
Mott MacDonald’s Armed Forces Pathway represents our commitment to recruiting, transitioning, developing, and supporting the armed forces community within our organisation. The Pathway is designed to support military personnel transitioning into civilian careers. It provides support and resources to help individuals develop relevant skills, and successfully integrate into roles outside of the military. Our programme offers training, mentorship, and network opportunities, tailored to the unique experiences and skills of military personnel.

Duration: 12 months 

Location: Newcastle / Glasgow/ Altrincham/ York/ Brighton/ Croydon

Programme: Participants will learn about project planning within our Energy division. You will be supported to work on a variety of projects and empowered to develop your skills within a consultancy environment. 

Support: You’ll be paired with a supportive buddy from our Mott MacDonald Forces community.

About the business unit  

The Energy unit delivers services to clients globally across several sectors including hydropower, nuclear, waste, renewable generation and transmission & distribution networks. Together we provide integrated engineering and project management services across the project lifecycle – from concept and design to construction and operations, to decommissioning or repowering and life extension. Together with our clients, we’re helping to deliver the energy transition globally.

Overview of the role 
We have an exciting opportunity for a planning and scheduling professional to join our fast-growing energy team. As a Project planner, you will play a critical role in ensuring the successful execution of projects within our team. You’ll be responsible for establishing and maintaining the progress management baseline, overseeing earned value management, scheduling, and related disciplines. Your insights will drive informed decision-making and help us achieve project milestones effectively.

Key Responsibilities and duties include:

• Baseline Management: Set up and maintain the progress management baseline for assigned projects
• Earned Value Management: Monitor progress against the performance baseline, analysing earned value metrics
• Scheduling Expertise: Coordinate project schedules, ensuring alignment with overall project goals
• Recovery Actions: Identify areas where project progress deviates from the baseline and implement recovery strategies as needed

Candidate specification:

Essential Criteria 

We’re looking for a P6 Project Planner who thrives on structure, precision, and delivering results. If you’ve led or supported mission-critical operations, coordinated complex schedules, and adapted to changing priorities, your experience is highly valued here.

Operational Planning Expertise

• Experience in developing and managing detailed plans or mission schedules, including scoping, sequencing, and resource allocation.

• Skilled in monitoring progress, adjusting timelines, and ensuring successful execution of operations—skills directly transferable to project scheduling.

Strategic Thinking and Conceptual Understanding

• Strong grasp of planning principles and the ability to apply structured thinking to real-world challenges.

• Able to translate strategic objectives into actionable plans that support project success.

Tool Proficiency

• Comfortable using digital planning tools or military systems for scheduling and coordination.

• Experience with tools including Primavera P6 is required

Collaborative Approach

• Proven ability to work across units or departments, aligning plans with broader objectives and adapting to feedback from multiple stakeholders.

• Experience supporting the development and maintenance of operational plans in line with established procedures and protocols.

Performance Monitoring and Analysis

• Familiarity with performance tracking methods such as Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar military performance metrics.

• Able to use data to inform decisions, improve outcomes, and ensure accountability

**Closing date for appliations is midnight on Sunday 19th October**

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024. We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

Agile working  

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion 

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.

Accessibility

We want you to perform your best at every stage in the recruitment process. If you are disabled or need any support to enable you to apply or attend an interview, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

Health and wellbeing

• Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.
• Health cash plan to support you with every day health costs and treatments.
• Access to Peppy, providing free support from menopause experts for all UK colleagues.
• A variety of wellbeing support is available through our comprehensive wellbeing program, including access for you and your family.
• Ability to flex your salary to opt into a wide range of health benefits, many of which can be extended to your family too.

Financial wellbeing

• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary, with an option to increase the level of cover to 6 x your salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Lifestyle

• A minimum of 33-35 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.
• Holiday entitlement increased to a minimum of 35 days after 5 years’ service.
• Variety of employee saving schemes and discounts from high-street retailers.

 Enhanced family and carers leave

• Enhanced family leave policies, including 26 weeks paid maternity and adoption leave, and two weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
• Our shared parental leave matches maternity leave meaning we pay up to 24 weeks at full pay.
• Up to five additional days leave are provided for those with significant caring responsibilities, two of which are paid.

Learning and development

• Primary annual professional institution subscription.
• A broad range of opportunities to enhance both technical and soft skills through mentoring, formal training, and self-development options.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

• Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.
• Make a difference within our communities through our social outcomes.

Apply now, or for more information about our application process, click here.