Planning Consultant

AtkinsRéalis

Consultant Programme and Project Planner at AtkinsRéalis providing specialist consultancy advice on planning and scheduling. Mentoring colleagues and generating high-quality outputs in complex project environments.

Posted 8/3/2026full-timeBristol • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in planning and scheduling within complex portfolio and project environments, with a strong focus on governance and controls. Capable of producing high-quality outputs, mentoring colleagues, and integrating planning information across various delivery methodologies.

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Planning And Scheduling ExpertisePrimavera P6Microsoft ProjectWaterfall Planning PrinciplesAgile Delivery Experience

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Hard Skills

Logic-Linked Schedule DevelopmentCritical Path AnalysisMilestone ManagementDependency AnalysisSchedule Health ChecksForecasting Delivery OutcomesIntegrated PlanningAssurance PracticesPerformance ReportingResource Management

Soft Skills

Consultancy SkillsRelationship ManagementMentoring And CoachingClear CommunicationInfluencing Positive Change

Tools & Technologies

JiraAgile Delivery Tools

Industry Keywords

Governance DisciplinesProject ControlsService ImprovementClient ValueChange Management

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide specialist consultancy advice on planning, scheduling and related controls and governance disciplines
Lead planning activities, resolve complex scheduling issues and produce clear, high-quality outputs that shape client understanding and decision-making
Work with schedule owners and delivery teams to facilitate workshops and build, maintain, analyse and assure credible schedules
Assess integration, dependencies, critical paths and alignment with delivery methodologies, governance arrangements and approved standards at programme level
Connect critical milestones to strategic objectives at portfolio level
Mentor and coach colleagues, sharing knowledge to strengthen capability across the wider project management community
Provide trusted specialist advice to clients and colleagues on planning, scheduling, controls and governance best practice
Lead the creation, baselining, maintenance and assurance of integrated portfolio, programme and project schedules
Resolve complex scheduling issues through robust logic, milestones, assumptions, dependencies and critical-path analysis
Lead schedule update cycles, assess progress, forecast delivery outcomes and communicate clear recommendations
Conduct schedule analysis, health checks and assurance, constructively challenging assumptions and influencing improvements
Integrate planning information across waterfall, Agile and hybrid delivery environments while maintaining end-to-end visibility of milestones and dependencies
Connect schedule insight with wider controls and governance, including risk, cost, change, reporting, resource management, assurance and decision-making forums
Facilitate workshops and mentor or coach colleagues, sharing practical knowledge and supporting their development
Contribute to service improvement, client value, case studies and bid activity where appropriate.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrable specialist knowledge and substantial hands-on experience of planning and scheduling in complex portfolio, programme or project environments
Planning should be a core specialism within your career, rather than an occasional responsibility
A track record of developing, baselining, maintaining, analysing and assuring logic-linked schedules, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths and progress updates
Strong knowledge of waterfall planning principles and methods
Experience of Agile or hybrid delivery is valued but should complement rather than replace this capability
Experience of integrated planning across multiple workstreams, projects or delivery teams, including cross-cutting dependencies
Experience in one or more broader project or programme controls or governance disciplines, such as risk, cost, change, performance reporting, resource management, assurance, stage gates or governance forums
Competence in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project; experience of Jira or other Agile delivery tools is beneficial
The ability to work independently with limited supervision, apply specialist knowledge creatively and resolve complex delivery challenges
The ability to produce clear, concise, high-quality outputs and present well-researched recommendations confidently to clients and senior stakeholders
Strong consultancy and relationship-management skills, with experience clarifying expectations, building trust, influencing positive change and constructively challenging assumptions
Experience of mentoring or coaching others and sharing knowledge across teams.
Commercial awareness and an understanding of how reliable controls information supports client value, governance, delivery performance and business growth; experience contributing to bids or case studies is beneficial.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salaries
Employee rewards
A brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices
Opportunities for training and professional development