Project Scheduler

Associated British Ports

. Provide specialist planning and scheduling capability across ABP Major Projects .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeImmingham • United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in planning and scheduling for complex infrastructure projects, utilizing Primavera P6 and MS Project to develop and maintain integrated schedules. Capable of conducting critical path analysis, milestone reporting, and ensuring alignment of schedule data with project progress and risk management.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Primavera P6 ProficiencyCritical Path AnalysisSchedule DevelopmentBaseline ManagementProject Controls Qualification

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Hard Skills

Schedule DevelopmentBaseline ManagementProgress UpdatesCritical Path AnalysisMilestone ReportingForecast ManagementTrend AnalysisChange ControlSchedule Quality ChecksData-to-Narrative Tasks

Soft Skills

CoachingCollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

Primavera P6MS Project

Certifications & Qualifications

APM MembershipPMI MembershipACostE MembershipRICS Membership

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure ProjectsConstruction ProjectsEngineering ProjectsCapital ProjectsProject Lifecycle Process

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide specialist planning and scheduling capability across ABP Major Projects
Develop and maintain integrated schedules at project and portfolio level, including baseline, forecast and progress updates
Standardise and embed planning and scheduling practices aligned to the Project Lifecycle Process and portfolio reporting requirements
Develop and maintain scheduling standards, coding structures, calendars, milestone conventions, progress measurement approaches and schedule quality checks
Integrate design progress, assumptions, interfaces and constraints into schedules during early design
Review and validate consultant and contractor schedules, including logic, critical path, float, interfaces, progress, forecasting and reporting alignment
Load, maintain, share and quality-check third-party programme outputs and XER files
Identify schedule trends, early warnings, slippage drivers and recovery options, escalating issues when proactive intervention is required
Align schedule, risk, change, cost and project progress data to support a single source of truth
Support project reviews, schedule assurance sessions and lessons learned
Support AI and automation opportunities for recurring schedule reporting and data-to-narrative tasks
Coach and support Project Controllers and project teams to improve planning literacy and confidence in schedule data

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrable experience working as a planner/scheduler on complex infrastructure, construction, engineering or capital projects
Strong practical knowledge of schedule development, baseline management, progress updates, critical path analysis, milestone reporting and forecast management
Proficient in Primavera P6 and MS Project
Able to review and challenge consultant/contractor programmes, including logic, durations, float, interfaces, constraints and progress assumptions
Experience using schedule data to support early warning, trend analysis, change control and executive reporting
Full UK driving licence required
Experience supporting development and delivery of capital infrastructure projects above £20m
Professional qualification or membership in APM, PMI, ACostE, RICS or equivalent project controls/planning body

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous remuneration package
Employer pension
Private health insurance
Equal opportunities and diverse, inclusive working environment