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Job Title: Project Planner
Business: Energy
Status: Permanent
Reports to: Operations Manager

Summary of Role:
To provide support to the project delivery team in the planning and coordination of projects and programme activities. Support will be across a large portfolio of projects and include planning of project activities and resource, coordination of supply chain and logistics. The role will involve occasional visits to customer sites, and it is expected that the successful candidate will have experience of project lifecycles for different project delivery models and have some understanding of Systems integration and the Energy Market.

Role Description:
Working with the Management team and Project Managers to produce and maintain detailed project plans and resource allocation plans across the portfolio.
Provide detailed impact plans for assessment of variations.
Assisting sales team to provide detailed tender programmes.
Coordination and liaison with site-based installation/commissioning teams, providing programme updates and driving progress.
Coordination and liaison with internal (shop floor build and purchasing) and external (BOM suppliers) supply chain for provision of installation materials to the agreed plan / work schedule.
Reporting progress, performance, and commercial information to the Programme Management team.

Essential Requirements:

Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail
Proven experience using P6 or MS Project to delivery complex engineering projects.
Proven experience & exceptional understanding of NEC contracts and how this is applied to planning.
Good skills/experience in Word, Excel, Outlook, databases
Experience of working on projects for National Grid and/or other large scale electricity generating companies/transmission companies.
Transmission & distribution experience
Desirable Requirements:

Experience using Microsoft Project
Experience of work planning / work allocation
Experience of Earned Value Analysis
Experience of monitoring procurement, supply chain, subcontractors, and logistics
Company Benefits to permanent employees:

25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Flexible working
Pension
Life assurance policy
Private health care
Lifestyle screening
Salary sacrifice programme
Mental health assistance programme
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Support in achieving professional status (e.g. IEng, CEng) and professional memberships fees are covered

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Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays a