Job Description

P6 Planner

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Contract Type: Inside IR35

Duration: Long-term contract

Working Pattern: Hybrid / site and office-based as required

Rate: Competitive day rate, dependent on experience

Start Date: ASAP / negotiable

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Planner with strong Primavera P6 skills to support a long-term overhead lines infrastructure programme based in Glasgow.

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and reporting against detailed project programmes for overhead line works, ensuring activities are logically sequenced, resource-aware, and aligned with project delivery milestones.

This is an Inside IR35 contract role, and applicants must live within a commutable distance of Glasgow, as regular attendance at the Glasgow office and/or project sites will be required.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using Primavera P6

Produce linear plans for overhead line works across route-based infrastructure projects

Support planning for construction, access, outages, design, procurement, commissioning, and handover activities

Work closely with project managers, engineers, construction teams, and commercial teams to validate programme logic

Monitor progress against baseline programmes and identify delays, risks, and opportunities

Essential Experience

Proven experience as a Planner, Project Planner, or P6 Planner on infrastructure, utilities, energy, or construction projects

Strong working knowledge of Primavera P6

Experience working with multidisciplinary project teams

Strong communication skills and the ability to challenge and validate programme information

Must live within a commutable distance of Glasgow

Desirable Experience

Experience planning overhead line, transmission, distribution, power, utilities, or linear infrastructure

Experience on electricity transmission or distribution projects

Knowledge of outage planning, access constraints, wayleaves, permits, and site logistics

Experience with NEC contracts or supporting compensation event / change processes

Familiarity with earned value, progress measurement, and schedule risk analysis

Experience producing visual planning outputs, including time-chainage or linear planning views

Osirian Consulting is committed to working with our clients to promote equality and diversity in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds and all sections of the community, and will never discriminate on the basis of race, gender, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

Please be aware that due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually. If you do not hear back from one of our consultants within 14 days, then unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this role.

Osirian Consulting is acting as a recruitment business in relation to this role