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Project Planner
Job Posted: 4 hours ago
Salary: £ 50,000 - 70,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Hertfordshire
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Project Planner
Are you a skilled Project Planner ready for the next challenge? This is a key permanent role with a major engineering and technology organisation in Hertfordshire, offering a rewarding hybrid working pattern and excellent opportunities for professional development. You will join a highly collaborative team, applying your project control expertise to underpin some of the UK’s most critical large-scale programmes.
Please note, this role is only open to sole British citizens.
A Future Focused on Your Development
This organisation is committed to growing its people. With dedicated training pathways and a structured career progression framework, your ambition will be fully supported. You will operate within an encouraging environment where cross-functional teamwork is key to delivering complex engineering and technical achievements. This is more than a job; it is a chance to build a substantial career in a challenging and rewarding sector.
What You Will Do
As a key member of the Project Control function, you will own the quality of core project reporting and planning outputs. Your expertise will be vital in ensuring the accuracy and coherence of the programme's lifecycle. You will:
Lead the generation of the Integrated Baseline Schedule to ensure successful programme delivery.
Conduct Schedule Assessments to validate project-level schedules are accurate and aligned with planning principles.
Perform Project Health checks, validating assessments and identifying key issues and risks for the project teams.
Validate Project level Costs to Go (and associated Estimate at Completion) for accuracy and appropriateness.
Steer Schedule Risk Analysis and actively support new business bids, implementing project management best practices.
Your Essential Expertise
We are seeking motivated Project Planners who want to take on greater accountability. Essential experience includes:
Proven planning experience, from detailed task planning to summary milestone delivery.
Capability in establishing and maintaining robust project structures (WBS/CBS/OBS).
Experience generating and analysing project performance data (schedule resource and cost).
Ability to conduct and analyse Schedule Risk Analysis and Earned Value Management (EVM).
Proficiency with key Project Management Toolsets (such as SAP ARM Primavera or Oracle Unifier).
Strong ability to influence stakeholders and foster collaborative working relationships.
Enjoy Flexibility and Comprehensive Rewards
The organisation values work-life balance and rewards high performance with an exceptional package:
Salary: £50,000 to £70,000 per annum.
Flexible Working: A supportive hybrid working pattern (two days onsite per week) with flexible 37-hour working across five days and no core hours.
Time Off: Up to 15 days of additional Flexi-Leave per year plus 25 days annual holiday.
Financial Security: Excellent pension scheme with strong employer contributions and a generous Company Bonus scheme.
Overtime: Opportunity for paid overtime.
Learning: Access to award-winning learning and development programmes.
Due to the nature of work at our client’s site, these vacancies are only open to British Citizens who can obtain SC clearance.
This is a permanent role.
Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to a number of high technology industries. We thank you for your interest in this vacancy. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You are free to resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability thenBefore You Apply
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