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# Project Planner - Expression of Interest at Cooper Moss Rutland

- **Company:** Cooper Moss Rutland
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cmr.london/b79e14b6-c196-4285-82b1-312d50fa5582

## Job description

🌟 Position: Project Planner 📍 Location: Remote 2 days / Client Office 3 days 💼 Type: Full-time 📅 Start Date: Immediate 💰 Salary: Competitive 🎁Benefits: Competitive

We are currently seeking experienced Project Planners to join our dynamic award-winning team. The successful candidates will have solid planning experience across construction and infrastructure projects. You will support the development and maintenance of project schedules, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to robust project controls delivery. Our team is multi-disciplinary, so a wide range of experience and/or willingness to learn is crucial.

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).

Building on our strong UK foundations, we’re expanding into new markets and looking for driven project controls professionals who want to play a key role in our next stage of growth. Together, we will raise the bar for project controls delivery across the globe.

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.

🔹 What’s in it for you?

- At CMR you will have the opportunity to professionally develop like nowhere you have worked before.
- A culture built on equality and inclusion—central to our identity, essential to our success.
- We use our in-house capability matrix to clearly track your progression and identify development areas, working alongside your line manager and mentors to support your growth.
- If you demonstrate the capability, our merit based system will enable you to develop fast.
- Join our small, dynamic team where every member has the chance to make a significant impact, shaping the future direction of our company and making a real difference.
- The opportunity to join our burgeoning team and contribute to our expansion into new markets.
- We believe in rewarding our team for their achievements, celebrating our successes but equally helping each other when things are tough.

🔹 You'll

- Develop and maintain project schedules with clear milestones, coordinating work sequences with the total project plan.
- Perform schedule monitoring, identify critical activities, and assist in updating and reporting on schedule progress.
- Support the development of schedule estimates for construction works, ensuring they are robust, realistic, and practicable.
- Help define the Basis of Schedule, including key assumptions, exclusions, constraints, and dependencies.
- Work closely with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure buy-in to the project schedule.
- Support planning processes, procedures, and governance, contributing to high standards and consistency across the project.
- Collaborate with Cost, Risk, and wider project teams to ensure alignment of assumptions and fully integrated planning.
- Support the identification of interface risks and contribute to QSRA processes alongside the Risk team.
- Assist in validating schedule estimates using benchmark data and design information (including BIM where applicable).
- Prepare, analyse, and interpret project performance data to enable informed and timely decision-making.

🔹 About You Essential

- Demonstrable experience in a planning or project controls role on construction or infrastructure projects.
- Proficient in Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
- Knowledge and experience of construction elements (e.g. Civils, M&E, etc.).
- Proficient in Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to analyse and present information clearly and persuasively.
- Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
- Comfortable contributing to workshops and discussions to help identify issues and develop solutions.
- Able to collaborate well with clients, partners, and wider project teams.

Desirable

- Experience working on major construction and infrastructure projects.
- Experience working in a regulated environment (e.g. nuclear, utilities, defence).
- Qualified to degree level; formal project management qualifications such as PMI, AACE, APM or PRINCE2 would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of procurement processes and forms of contract.
- Membership of a professional body (AACE, PMI, or APM) or working towards professional qualifications.

🔹 At CMR we have a strong culture driven by our 9 Core Principles. We look to build a community of people that have the same beliefs as we do! You can find out more about us here: https://cmr.london/who-we-are/

## About Cooper Moss Rutland

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cooper Moss Rutland (CMR) is an independent project controls consultancy that helps clients overcome complex challenges across infrastructure, building, defence, and energy sectors.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Partnership)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Kevin Cooper, Danny Moss, Neill Rutland

## Core Business
- **Industries**: Project controls, infrastructure consulting, construction, energy, defence, rail, highways, water, nuclear
- **Target Customers**: B2B – large infrastructure programmes (megaprojects) as well as small and medium-sized companies
- **Mission**: “To re-imagine project controls through a digital lens, be the obvious choice for clients and the place to grow together with intention.”

## Products & Services
CMR offers tailored project controls solutions, not packaged products. Key service lines include:
- **Planning & Scheduling**: End-to-end schedule development, 4D planning, and baseline management.
- **Cost Management**: Estimating, cost control, commercial management tool development.
- **Risk Management**: Quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, risk register setup.
- **Change Management**: Process design, trend management, change control.
- **Forensic Delay Analysis**: Expert analysis for disputes and claims.
- **Reporting & Data & Business Intelligence**: Dashboard creation, reporting function setup, data-driven insights.
- **Document Control**: Systems and processes for document management.
- **Project Controls Team Setup**: Building and embedding controls capability within client organisations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private partnership)
- **Key Metric**: 49 employees (as of mid-2025, +15.8% YoY growth); awarded **Global Project Controls Small Business of the Year 2025**
- **Notable Clients/Partners**: HS2, Crossrail (Elizabeth line), Thames Tideway Tunnel, Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C, Lower Thames Crossing, Houses of Parliament Restoration & Renewal, Ministry of Defence, EDF Energy, Jacobs, Tideway, and many others
- **Growth Signals**: Expanded into Canada (Toronto) and France; 51 active job postings (+131.8% YoY); LinkedIn followers grew 21% yearly

## Competitive Advantages
- **Independent & specialist**: Not tied to a large contractor, allowing unbiased, tailored solutions.
- **Integrated approach**: Combines planning, cost, risk, change, and reporting into a cohesive controls framework.
- **People-first culture**: Merit-based progression, focus on development, and a “be human” ethos that attracts top talent from major programmes.
- **Digital lens**: Emphasis on modern digital tools and data analytics rather than outdated manual methods.
- **Deep sector experience**: Founders and team have decades of hands-on experience on the UK’s largest infrastructure projects.

## Strategic Focus
- **International expansion**: Growing presence in Canada and France, building on UK foundation.
- **Digital transformation**: Re-imagining project controls through data, analytics, and automation.
- **Talent development**: Investing in people with structured career progression, training budgets, and chartership support.
- **Serving both megaprojects and SMEs**: Providing scalable solutions that fit clients of all sizes.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Merit-based, collaborative, and inclusive – “diverse together.” Emphasis on ownership, bias for action, and continuous improvement.
- **Benefits**: 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, buy/sell/carry-over holiday, long service leave; comprehensive private health insurance; 40% gym discount; whole life insurance (x4 salary); 24/7 GP and mental health support (WeCare); MyStrength wellbeing app; Toothfairy dentist on demand; cycle to work scheme; pension; annual equity bonus; referral bonuses; enhanced maternity & paternity leave.
- **Work Environment**: Pet-friendly office; regular social events including family and partners. Likely office-based with some flexibility (roles advertised across UK and Canada).
- **Career Growth**: Annual training budget, professional body membership & chartership support, goal-setting framework, knowledge network events. With 51 open roles and high growth, there are clear advancement opportunities.
- **Project Exposure**: Work on the most significant infrastructure programmes in the UK and Canada, from nuclear power stations to high-speed rail.

## Sources
1. [cmr.global](https://cmr.global/) – Company overview, services, experience, awards
2. [cmr.global/who-we-are](https://cmr.global/who-we-are/) – Founders, leadership, culture
3. [cmr.global/careers](https://cmr.global/careers/) – Benefits, holiday policy, compensation
4. [cmr.global/our-experience](https://cmr.global/our-experience/) – Client list, industries, service details
5. [linkedin.com/company/cooper-moss-rutland-llp](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/cooper-moss-rutland-llp) – Employee count, growth, tech stack, job postings
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/cmr.london](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cmr.london) – Current vacancies (51 open positions)

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