Job Description

🌟 Position: Mechanical Planner 🌟
📍 Location: 2 Days Office / 3 days hybrid
💼 Type: Full-time
📅 Start Date: Immediate
💰 Salary: Competitive

We are currently seeking an experienced Mechanical Planner to join our dynamic award winning team at Cooper Moss Rutland You will support delivery across complex infrastructure programmes, focused on mechanical scopes across engineering, procurement and construction phases.

As a Mechanical Planner, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining accurate, integrated schedules for mechanical workstreams, ensuring alignment with the overall programme and providing visibility on progress, risk and sequencing.

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
• Develop and manage detailed schedules for mechanical scopes across the project lifecycle
• Integrate mechanical activities into the wider programme, ensuring alignment with other disciplines
• Ensure schedules accurately reflect constraints, dependencies and delivery sequencing
• Provide insight into progress, risks and opportunities across mechanical workstreams
• Support improvements in planning standards and outputs

🔹 Key Responsibilities
• Build and maintain mechanical schedules within Primavera P6
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement and construction teams to gather planning inputs
• Monitor progress and identify deviations from the plan
• Support reporting outputs including lookaheads and progress updates
• Manage interfaces with contractors and supply chain partners

🔹 What we’re looking for
• Strong planning capability within mechanical or engineering environments
• Detail-oriented with a structured approach to work
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Commercial awareness of project delivery
• Strong communication and collaboration skills

🔹 Experience & Skills
• Experience in mechanical planning within infrastructure or construction projects
• Strong Primavera P6 skills
• Understanding of mechanical installation and commissioning processes
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary environments
• Relevant technical or engineering background

🔹 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