Senior Scheduler

🌟 Position: Senior Scheduler 🌟
📍 Location: Bristol - 2 Days Office / 3 days home
💼 Type: Full-time
📅 Start Date: Immediate
💰 Salary: Competitive

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Scheduler/ Planner to join our dynamic award winning team at Cooper Moss Rutland. You will play an important role in developing the detailed schedule that will underpin the delivery of the MEHA scope. You’ll assist in establishing and maintaining a robust performance management baseline, supporting effective tracking, forecasting and reporting throughout the project.

You’ll work closely with project managers, technical specialists, suppliers and other key stakeholders to integrate schedule information, identify risks and support informed decision-making. Your planning expertise and attention to detail will help ensure the project is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.

About us:
CMR is an award winning project controls consultancy that is first and foremost a team of people, passionate about the construction industry and changing the way project controls is provided. Our approach and culture have been recognised globally, with CMR named Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025 (Project Controls Expo UK Awards) and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2026 (Great Place to Work)

Our Purpose (Why we exist): Inspiring new ways to help shape our construction industry.
Our Ambition (What we want to achieve): Re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, being the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.

🔹 The Role

• Own and manage planning outputs across a defined project area, ensuring alignment with overall programme objectives and delivery milestones.

• Integrate multi-disciplinary inputs into a coherent, fully linked programme that reflects real delivery sequencing.

• Ensure schedules are logically sound, fully resourced where required, and reflect actual delivery constraints.

• Provide visibility of progress, risks and dependencies to support effective decision-making

• Support the continuous improvement of planning standards, tools and outputs across the programme.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust, integrated project schedules in Primavera P6, ensuring the appropriate level of detail, sequencing and alignment with the wider programme.

• Drive the development and maturity of schedule information with project managers and subject matter experts, ensuring a clear and reliable performance baseline.

• Integrate supplier information into the wider MEHA schedule, maintaining alignment with key interfaces and the Integrated Work Schedule.

• Identify and communicate schedule risks, opportunities and potential impacts early, using scenario planning and forecasting to support effective mitigation and decision-making.

• Deliver clear performance reporting using schedule metrics, resource and cost information and Earned Value.

• Management to provide stakeholders with an accurate view of progress.

• Manage schedule change effectively, maintaining appropriate controls, baselines and audit trails whilst assessing the impact of change on milestones and delivery.

• Partner with internal teams, clients, contractors and suppliers to promote collaborative planning, strong schedule discipline and visibility of project performance.

🔹 What we’re looking for

• Significant planning experience within large, complex infrastructure or major project environments, ideally gained during early-stage project development.

• Advanced capability in Primavera P6, including developing and maintaining detailed schedules, baselines, resources, costs and appropriate calendars.

• Strong understanding of project controls, including Earned Value Management, schedule integration, forecasting, change control and performance reporting.

• Experience working with integrated and supplier schedules, bringing together multiple interfaces to create accurate and robust planning information.

• The ability to analyse complex scheduling information, anticipate risks and confidently challenge and support stakeholders to identify practical solutions.

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to engage effectively stakeholders at different levels across a complex project environment.

• A proactive, collaborative approach with strong attention to detail, ownership of your work and a commitment to quality and continuous improvement.

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that share our values and ambitions. We’re proud that 96% of our team say CMR is a “Great Place to Work” a reflection of our supportive culture, focus on people, and drive to do things differently.
• 👉 Learn more here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

📍 Requirements and Location:
• Full right to work in the UK
• 2 Days Office / 3 days hybrid

🔹 What’s in it for you
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)
• Comprehensive Private Healthcare (Inc Dentist and Optician)
• Life Assurance (x4 Salary)
• Pension: employers' contribution of 4%
• Company and personal performance-based bonus
• Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Long Service Leave
• Training and professional development
• Regular social events
• Perkbox – employee experience platform

➡️ Next Steps
To apply to our vacancy please submit a copy of your CV for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!

CMR welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. CMR is Disability Confident Committed and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or disability or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives