🌟 Position: Senior Planner🌟
📍 Location: Hybrid / 2 Days in Birmingham
💼 Type: Full-time
📅 Start Date: Immediate
💰 Salary: Competitive
We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our dynamic award winning team.
This role sits directly within Cooper Moss Rutland, supporting client delivery through best-in-class planning expertise. We're looking for an experienced Senior Planner to join a major UK infrastructure project, supporting the Head of Planning Integration in the development and delivery of strategic planning and PMO initiatives across the programme.
About us: CMR is an award winning project controls consultancy that is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. Our approach and culture have been recognised globally, with CMR named Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025 (Project Controls Expo UK Awards) and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2026 (Great Place to Work)
Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.
Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.
🔹 What’s in it for you?
At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.
If you demonstrate the capability, our merit-based system will enable you to develop fast.
We use our in-house capability matrix to transparently track your progression and highlight development areas.
Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.
We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.
🔹 You'll
Support the Head of Planning Integration in the management and coordination of planning-related workstreams and business improvement initiatives.
Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of planning processes, procedures, and best practices across the programme.
Drive planning governance activities and ensure consistency of approach across multiple projects and stakeholders.
Provide expert planning guidance and support for ad hoc PMO and business transformation projects as required.
🔹 We’re looking for:
Essential
Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and schedule management.
Proven experience in project management.
Ability to summarise complex information for executive-level reporting.
Self-starter, i.e. proactive approach to gathering information and engaging stakeholders.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Desirable
Experience within energy, power or similar complex infrastructure environments highly advantageous.
🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that share our values and ambitions. We’re proud that 96% of our team say CMR is a “Great Place to Work” a reflection of our supportive culture, focus on people, and drive to do things differently.
• 👉 Learn more here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/
📍 Requirements and Location:
• Full right to work in the UK
• Hybrid / 2 Days in Birmingham
📦 Salary & Benefits
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (Inc Dentist and Optician)
• Life Assurance (x4 Salary)
• Pension: employers' contribution of 4%
• Company and personal performance-based bonus
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Long Service Leave
• Training and professional development
• Regular social events
• Perkbox – employee experience platform
➡️ Next Steps
To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!
CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives
Skills Required
- Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6 and schedule management
- Proven experience in project management
- Ability to summarise complex information for executive-level reporting
- Proactive approach to gathering information and engaging stakeholders
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience within energy, power, or similar complex infrastructure environments
- Full right to work in the UK
What We Do
Re-imagining project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention. CMR are an independent consultancy of project controls specialists with a culture focused on our people. Collaboration is key to the way we work. Building strong commercial relationships, we help clients overcome their most complex challenges.
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