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.