Planner

Finlay Jude Associates are recruiting for our client in the Water Industry who are looking to enhance their Planning Team with a Project Planner / Planning Engineer for our Severn Trent region.Role Responsibilities The role will report directly to the Planning Manager and its core responsibilities are to build, update, amend and report Project Programmes using the Primavera P6 software. Working with Senior Planners we can offer coaching and guiding for your ongoing development into a planning expert and help drive outperformance amongst the team.The role’s responsibilities include:Directly support our Project Managers and Project Teams by delivering high quality and detailed P6 Programmes that support efficient project delivery.Developing and maintaining project plans through reliable project management methodologies with assurance of baseline scheduling.Enable project management to control the progress of contracts by identifying and producing integrated programmes of work (design, procurement, construction, commissioning and handover), monitoring performance against plans and identifying problem areas and potential early warnings.Help the project team minimise risk by identifying the critical path for our projects.Support project and programme level reporting to enhance the information and intelligence available for business planning.Lead the planning section at project progress review meetings.About The Candidate:Essential ExperienceTo be successful in this role, the person we are looking to employ MUST have the following skillsets. These skillsets are key to the role and will be used as an initial filter during application reviews.Project Planning experience on a variety of project sizes.Technical capabilities using Primavera P6 and MS Project.Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with Project teams.Analytical and problem-solving skills to monitor and control project deviations.Appropriate professional qualifications relevant to the Planner roleBasic understanding of the NEC contract and its Project Planning requirements.Desirable Skills & ExperienceThese skillsets will be beneficial to the role. Applicants are encouraged to clearly show on their application whether they have these and/or other transferable skills which could enhance their performance in this role.Infrastructure and/or water industry experience.Experience contributing to project review presentations whilst confidently presenting Planning information to project stakeholders.Construction, civil engineering, M&E or related building experience.Academic qualifications in a construction or infrastructure related subject.Experience using Power BI and/or similar project reporting software.Technical degree beneficial but not mandatory.Project management and project delivery experience.

Created: 2025-08-01