Principal Planner

Job Title

Principal Planner - Warrington, Cheshire (Hybrid)

Overview

At Cavendish Nuclear we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. The Principal Planner role is embedded within one of the UK's most complex and high value defence infrastructure programmes, contributing to long term outcomes and strategic direction of the planning function.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning governance across the PP&E programme
• Provide leadership and coordination across Aurora and AFS sub programmes
• Support onboarding, mentoring, and development of planning professionals
• Manage and develop a team of planners, working closely with Project Control Leads
• Champion consistency and best practice across delivery teams

Qualifications

• Demonstrable leadership in a planning function within engineering or defence programmes
• Strong understanding of planning governance, assurance and quality
• We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you

Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 day special paid leave
• Holiday Trading - allows purchase or sale of additional leave (February March annually)
• 'Be Kind Day' - one paid day per year for volunteering
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing

Employment details

Full time, 37 hours per week. Flexible and hybrid working arrangements - two days on site at Warrington (Cheshire) and three days remote.

Equal Opportunity

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need reasonable adjustments during application and selection stages, please email with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.