Project Planner

Job description

Role: Project Planner

Location: Staffordshire

Job Type: Full Time, Perm, Hybrid

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Our client is seeking an experienced Project Planner to manage and maintain integrated schedules for large, multi-disciplinary defence engineering programmes. This Project Planner role ensures projects stay on track, risks are managed, and dependencies are aligned across teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain comprehensive project schedules using MS Project.
• Monitor critical paths and perform scenario planning for resource, phasing, and dependency decisions.
• Collaborate with project teams and Agile/Scrum leads to align work packages, sprints, and milestones.
• Incorporate risks, mitigation plans, and emerging work into schedules.
• Provide clear reporting on schedule performance, trends, and forecasted outcomes.
• Support schedule governance, baseline control, and standards across the programme.
• Liaise with stakeholders and external planners to ensure alignment of schedule data and reporting.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in scheduling multi-year, engineering-focused programmes (defence, aerospace, or high-tech manufacturing).
• Project Planning experience.
• Expertise in MS Project, critical path analysis, and risk-aware scheduling.
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills.
• Advanced Excel skills for data analysis and integration with schedules.
• Desirable: Familiarity with Agile/Waterfall frameworks, Jira, resource modelling, and EVM

Benefits

• Influence high-impact, strategic programmes.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• Professional development within a high-performing team.

Security: Candidates must be eligible to obtain SC clearance. British citizenship is required.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Staffordshire

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

24-12-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English