Project Planner

Astute People; Leiston; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job description

Astute’s Nuclear team is partnering with one of the international leaders supporting in the nuclear energy sector to recruit a P6 Project Planner for the Sizewell B project in Leiston, Suffolk.

The Project Planner role comes with a salary of £45,000 – £75,000 DOE, as well as hybrid working, 25 days annual leave per year raising to 30 (1 day for every 2 years’ service), and many more fantastic benefits.

If you’re a Project Planner and are looking to work for an organisation that is known for its innovative solutions and high-value technologies, then submit your CV to apply today.

Responsibilities and duties

You will be responsible for:

• Maintaining project schedules for large projects/ collections of projects.
• Leading the planning process on large or complex projects, taking the integrated project team from requirement through to WBS through to the baselined schedule.
• Leading on integrated master-level schedule reporting and outputs to the business and customer including Earned Value Management (EVM), resource analysis, schedule performance and milestone reporting.
• More senior candidates will need to own the tools, processes, guidance and templates for the Planning discipline used on their projects/ in their area and being an advocate for these processes by promoting engagement with them across the business to foster buy-in and adoption.

Professional qualifications

We are looking for someone with a range of the following:

• P6 Expertise
• APMG Project Planning & Controls (PPC) Practitioner
• APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
• APMG Earned Value Management Practitioner
• ECITB Planning & Scheduling Practice (or other equivalent Planning qualification)
• APM Full Membership
• APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)

Personal skills

The Project Planner role would suit someone who is:

• Skilled in guiding teams through the planning process and ensuring quality inputs through questioning, challenging, and validating data.
• Possesses technical knowledge for managing and integrating outputs from junior planners and project controls staff into a master plan.
• Confident in engaging with delivery teams and extracting planning information.

Salary and benefits of the Project Planner role

£45,000 – £75,000 DOE
Hybrid, SZB 4 days
25 days annual leave + BH