About the job. National Highways have an excellent opportunity for a Senior Planner to join our team. Reporting to the Programme Management Office Manager, you will deliver excellence in planning and scheduling across all programmes and schemes. You will also be responsible for embedding the programme planning strategy and associated management processes, tools and documentation into the region, driving measurable improvements in planning and scheduling across the National Highways teams and supply chain. You will: Provide specialist support to delivery teams in documenting and maintaining programme delivery plans, tracking progress against budgets, timescales, and quality. Compile yearly scheme programmes for the regional Operations Programme Office to meet in-year and future year targets, supporting a unified "one programme" approach. Regularly update scheme progress with consistent use of project controls and provide key programme information such as forecasts, outputs and status and variance reports. Ensure regional delivery plans are version-controlled and maintained in line with Operations and National Highways standards. Ensure supply chain contractors' project plans and schedules are clear, logical, well-formatted, and contract-compliant, allowing for thorough review. Analysing and interrogate the critical path and time risk allowance in supplier and project schedules. About you. Skilled and experienced in project and programme management methodology and techniques, proven in a complex operational environment. Good understanding of planning theory, collaborative planning techniques (critical path analysis, linking, float, re-scheduling, maintaining and tracking baselines, etc) and their application to NEC Contracts. Skilled in scheduling tools and systems (specifically Primavera P6), with ability to capture and analyse schedule data at both project and programme levels. Proven ability to manage, engage and influence multiple stakeholders towards positive outcomes. Ability to train, mentor and coach others to support personal and professional development. About us. Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership. Operations is at the heart of keeping the strategic road network moving and ensuring our customers get the best possible experience when using our roads. We address over 39,000 customer enquiries every month, plan and deliver all maintenance activities on the network, drive efficiencies and improvements across our systems and roads, and respond to incidents across 4,500 miles of motorways and major A-roads that we manage. All to make sure National Highways customers have safer, smoother, and more reliable journeys. External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy. We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.