Project Planner
About IEIS
IEIS is a specialist engineering services business working across water, utilities, energy, and petrochemical sectors. Set up nine years ago and growing rapidly, they deliver projects spanning weeks through to years -- from pipe and steel design and fabrication through to full installation. They're a medium-sized business with a family feel, where people grow with the company rather than getting managed from above it.
The Role
This is a newly created permanent Planner position, brought in to strengthen the core team as IEIS moves away from relying solely on contractors. You'll work across all live projects -- short-burst reactive work and longer multi-month programmes -- reporting directly into the operational leadership team. The measure of success in this role isn't just keeping programmes up to date; it's knowing what's coming before anyone else does and making sure the business can act on it.
What You'll Be Doing
You'll:
Prepare and maintain baseline, tender, and contract programmes compliant with NEC, IChemE, and EPC/ME&I contracts
Own the Accepted / Approved Programme and keep it aligned with contractual obligations and change mechanisms
Manage an integrated business-wide programme linking all project programmes to give directors visibility of time, cost, and resource
Demonstrate critical path, float, constraints, and assumptions across live programmes
Support Early Warnings, Compensation Events, variations, and Extension of Time submissions
Assess time impact of design changes, late information, access restrictions, and third-party delay
Produce progress reports, dashboards, and programme narratives for internal and client use
Maintain rolling lookahead programmes to support site delivery teams
Flag issues before they become problems -- proactively, not reactively
What You'll Bring
Essential:
Proven experience planning ME&I, utilities, energy, or process projects
Strong working knowledge of NEC and IChemE contract mechanisms
Proficiency in Primavera P6 or ASTA
Solid background supporting EOTs, claims, and change control processes
Ability to produce time impact analyses and programme narratives to a contractual standard
Useful, not essential:
Experience working across multiple sectors simultaneously (water, energy, petrochemical)
Familiarity with integrated business-level programme reporting
Previous experience in a growing SME environment
Benefits & Culture
Financial: Salary up to £48,000 DOE | Company pension scheme
Flexibility: Hybrid working - 3 days at head office, 2 days from home
Development: As IEIS grows, you grow. The plan is that you build a team beneath you - not that someone gets promoted over you
Day-to-day: On-site parking | A team that moves fast and values people who think ahead
Working Arrangements
Location: IEIS Head Office | Hybrid: 3 days on-site, 2 from home
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Projects: Mix of short-burst and long-span programmes across water, utilities, energy, and petrochemical sectors
How to Apply
If this sounds like the right next step, apply now with your CV and we'll be in touch. Not quite ready to send a CV? Drop us a message and we'll tell you more about the role first