Project Planner

Project Planner, Energy & Engineering.

Permanent, Hybrid 2-3 days on-site.

Salary 45,000- 50,000 p/a + Benefits

Hamilton Woods Engineering is working with a market-leading client who is looking for an experienced p6 Planner to join their team in the Staffordshire area. Our client specialises in the nuclear sector with a focus on engineering. They are growing exponentially with a healthy order book and mainly trade with blue chip companies like BAE, Rolls Royce, etc. With a focus on operational technology and digital transformation, our client has been a leader in advanced system integration for many years, optimising efficiency and delivering performance on a large scale. Innovation is at the core of our business, always looking toward the future. They operate in highly regulated and challenging industrial environments, successfully delivering critical projects across energy, water, renewables, and manufacturing.

Summary of Role:

Create project plans from scratch and support the project delivery team in planning and coordinating projects and program activities. Support will be across a large portfolio of projects and include planning of project activities and resourcing, coordinating supply chain and logistics. The role will involve occasional visits to customer sites, and it is expected that the successful candidate will have experience of project lifecycles for different project delivery models and have some understanding of Systems integration and the Energy Market.

Role Description:

• Working with the Management team and Project Managers to produce and maintain detailed project plans and resource allocation plans across the portfolio.
• Provide detailed impact plans for assessment of variations.
• Assisting sales team to provide detailed tender programmes.
• Coordination and liaison with site-based installation/commissioning teams, providing programme updates and driving progress.
• Coordination and liaison with internal (shop floor build and purchasing) and external (BOM suppliers) supply chain for provision of installation materials to the agreed plan / work schedule.
• Reporting progress, performance, and commercial information to the Programme Management team.

Essential Requirements:

• Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail
• Proven experience using P6 or MS Project to deliver complex engineering projects.
• Proven experience & understanding of NEC contracts and how this is applied to planning.
• Good skills/experience in Word, Excel, Outlook, and databases

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience using Microsoft Project
• Experience in work planning/work allocation
• Experience of Earned Value Analysis
• Experience in monitoring procurement, supply chain, subcontractors, and logistics
• Experience in working on projects for National Grid and/or other large-scale electricity generating companies/transmission companies/DNO'S.

Personal Qualities (essential):

• Must be able to work under pressure, to strict deadlines, sometimes juggling multiple demands.

• Willingness to learn and be pro-active.

In return our client offers the following benefits to permanent employees

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Flexible working
• Pension
• Life assurance policy
• Private health care
• Lifestyle screening
• Salary sacrifice programme
• Mental health assistance programme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Green car scheme
• Support in achieving professional status (e.g. IEng, CEng) and professional memberships fees are covered

To express an interest in this position, simply apply or you can e-mail (url removed) with a cover letter and CV, quoting the job reference number 1063.