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This is an opportunity to contribute to one of the most significant, complex and high-impact defence programmes in the UK today.\nFollowing the publication of the Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command, AWE has begun work on a sovereign replacement warhead programme known as Astraea. This programme sits at the heart of the UK’s national security ensuring a safe, secure, and credible nuclear deterrent for generations to come.\nWe are now building a team to deliver this next chapter and we are looking for exceptional people who want to work at the cutting edge of science, engineering and programme delivery.\nLocation: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking\nPackage: Salary from £49,830 - £78,770 (depending on suitability, qualifications, and experience)\nWorking pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.\nPlease note this role will require you to be onsite 100% of the time\nClosing Date: 31st October 2026\nReady to play your part?\nAt AWE, it’s not just a job, it’s far more than that. Our shared purpose is to help keep the nation safe. Could this role be the opportunity for you to play your part?\nAs a Senior Planner, you will deliver the complete planning capability within the business by maintaining the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). You will support Task Managers with business rhythms, schedule integrity, network analysis, and communications with programme and business teams.\nYou’ll provide planning expertise to internal customers, implement planning processes and policies, and produce planning and reporting deliverables in line with agreed business rhythms. This role also involves supporting long-range operational programme planning and developing strong stakeholder relationships.\nAs part of your role, you will:\nDeliver high-quality project controls planning capability through the development, maintenance and assurance of complex Integrated Master Schedules (IMS), providing accurate, timely and defensible forecasts to inform critical programme decisions\nLead and support planning activities across the full project lifecycle, ensuring alignment to scope, cost and delivery strategy under configuration control\nUndertake schedule analysis and performance management, including critical path, dependencies, variance analysis and forecasting, to provide clear insight into current and future delivery positions\nFacilitate planning workshops and provide independent assurance and challenge through peer reviews, schedule health checks and adherence to planning standards and governance\nDrive continuous improvement and planning excellence, evolving processes, tools and capability while championing best practice across the programme\nIdentify emerging risks, trends and delivery threats, providing early warning, recovery options and decision support to stakeholders\nLead, coach and mentor junior planners, developing planning capability and embedding consistent standards of quality, integrity and delivery excellence across teams\nChampion the highest standards of safety, health, environment, security and quality, recognising the critical importance of these principles in delivering a programme central to the UK’s national security.\nWhilst not a checklist, a Senior Planner should demonstrate:\nExperience of planning on projects/programmes in a dynamic, delivery focused environment\nAdvanced level of skill with Oracle Primavera P6\nSkills in Microsoft Office.\nQualification in an appropriate business or technical discipline, or equivalent experience.\nSome reasons we think you’ll love it here:\n9-day working fortnight - every other Friday off, plus 270 hours of annual leave.\nMarket-leading contributory pension scheme (we pay between 9% and 13% depending on your contributions).\nFamily-friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay; Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay.\nProfessional career development opportunities, including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body.\nEmployee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.\nLife Assurance (4 x annual salary).\nDiscounts on everyday spending.\nSpecial Leave Policy, including paid time off for volunteering, public service, and caring.\nFor full details, visit the ‘Working at AWE’ page on our website and check out the AWE Benefits Guide.\nNext steps: \nEveryone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.\nImportant things you need to know:\nWe encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.\nYou will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE. The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV. \n We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodationsduring the process.\nOur interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.\nOur ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. Westrive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.\nPlease note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6617,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Annual leave","Flexible schedule"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United Kingdom","iso":"GB","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-15T09:20:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":84,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.843,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:0","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":103574,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/awe-p6-senior-planner","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/awe-p6-senior-planner.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T01:16:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":533,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1799578},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1799578"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fawe-p6-senior-planner"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fawe-p6-senior-planner"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fawe-p6-senior-planner"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/awe-p6-senior-planner\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fawe-p6-senior-planner"}]}