Senior Planner - HV

BakerHicks is seeking a Senior Planner to support the delivery of projects across the utilities and HV power sector, including transmission and distribution environments. This role will focus on the development, management, and analysis of project schedules across engineering design, construction support, and handover phases.

Working closely with multi‑disciplinary teams, Project Managers, and clients, you will play a key role in driving planning best practice, managing risk, and supporting consistent, high‑quality project delivery.

The Role

As Senior Planner, you will take ownership of programme planning and controls, ensuring schedules are robust, compliant, and aligned with contractual obligations, project objectives, and client expectations. You will be embedded within delivery teams, providing clear planning insight, earned value reporting, and confident challenge where required.

This role is suited to an established planning professional with strong technical, commercial, and stakeholder management capability within utilities and HV environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, production, and management of multiple project schedules
• Ensure schedules fully capture all tasks, deliverables, dependencies, and review cycles
• Administer programme requirements in line with contractual obligations and internal procedures
• Monitor progress against baseline schedules and provide accurate progress and earned value updates
• Identify schedule variances, risks, and mitigation strategies, escalating where appropriate
• Prepare regular progress reports highlighting milestones, trends, and areas of concern
• Support effective resource planning, capacity management, and identification of constraints
• Lead risk identification and contribute to contingency and recovery planning
• Act as a key point of contact for planning and scheduling communication with clients and stakeholders
• Integrate fully with project teams to deliver a high‑quality service and support repeat work

About You

You will be a confident and experienced Planner, comfortable operating in complex engineering and construction environments and working closely with senior stakeholders and clients.

You’ll bring:

• Demonstrable experience developing and managing project schedules for utilities or HV power projects (not rail related)
• Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel
• A solid understanding of engineering design, construction sequencing, and handover activities
• Strong analytical, reporting, and earned value management capability
• Sound commercial and contractual awareness
• The ability to influence, challenge, and negotiate effectively
• A proactive, detail‑focused, and collaborative approach

Skills & Expertise

• Experience within the engineering and construction market, ideally in utilities or HV power (not rail related)
• Understanding of the engineering design process for HV power, transmission and distribution, or utilities (not rail related as this falls under a different scope)
• Experience working with engineering and construction contractors
• Confident engagement with client representatives and project stakeholders
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel for reporting and analysis
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work accurately under pressure
• Full UK driving licence and flexibility to attend project and site locations as required

Why BakerHicks

BakerHicks delivers engineering and project delivery services across Energy, Utilities, HV Power, Life Sciences, and Advanced Manufacturing. You’ll join a technically strong, collaborative organisation where Senior Planners play a critical role in successful project outcomes.

Why BakerHicks

BakerHicks delivers complex engineering and project delivery services across Energy, Utilities, Life Sciences, and Advanced Manufacturing. You’ll be joining a collaborative, technically strong organisation known for long‑term client partnerships and quality delivery.

BakerHicks has been delivering excellence in engineering, design, and project delivery since 1957. With 14 offices across the UK and Europe, we offer you the chance to work on meaningful projects that enhance communities and contribute to sustainable growth.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by various factors. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors. 

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

About BakerHicks 

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks. 

BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.  

Benefits 
 

Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry.  

What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to: 

• Company car or cash allowance 

• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan 

• Life assurance scheme 

• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave 

• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc) 

• Flexible/hybrid working 

• Family friendly policies 

• Employee assistance 

• Professional development 

 
BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.  

 
BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.   

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