Assistant Project Planner

Telent Technology Services Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday, plus public holidays

Company pension scheme

Family friendly policies

Occupational health support and Wellbe

Telent Reward scheme

Job summary

Telent Technology Services Ltd is seeking an Assistant Project Planner to support planning and delivery of infrastructure projects. The role centers on creating and maintaining schedules, with hybrid working from Warwick and two days in the office.

You will collaborate with Senior Planners to optimise timelines and reporting. Ideal candidates will have Primavera P6 experience, strong Excel/PowerPoint skills, and the ability to track milestones and manage risks.

Qualifications

• Experience with project planning and scheduling.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 scheduling software.
• Understanding of scheduling, change control, and risk management.
• Ability to interpret contractor plans and integrate into master schedules.
• Rail or Telecoms sector experience preferable.
• Exposure to NEC/JCT contracts would be beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist in creating and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare weekly look-ahead plans, dashboards, and Planned vs Actual reports.
• Review activity sequencing, durations, resources and safety requirements with operational teams.
• Assist development of schedules through lifecycle stages and document inter-departmental and intra-departmental business processes.
• Produce tender plans to aid bids and work with operations to ensure best opportunity presented.
• Provide project performance measurement and reporting.
• Support cost loading, resource allocation, and work bank maintenance.

Skills

Primavera P6

Excel

PowerPoint

Track project milestones

Schedule management

Change control

Interpret contractor plans

Tools

Primavera P6

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

The Assistant Project Planner plays a key role in assisting the planning and delivery of infrastructure projects, Reporting to the Senior Planner, this role contributes to the development, maintenance, and optimisation of project schedules and planning systems to ensure successful project execution.

This is a Hybrid role but will require at least 2 days to be spent working from our Warwick office. Ideally candidates will be Midlands based.

What you’ll do:

• Assist in creating and maintaining project schedules using Primavera P6.
• Prepare weekly look-ahead plans, dashboards, and Planned vs Actual reports.
• Reviewing activity sequencing/phasing, durations, resources, and safety requirements with the operational teams, to ensure buildable programmes are developed, understood by the team, and submitted to the Internal Project Teams in line with contractual timescales.
• Assist the development of schedules at different stages of the lifecycle, with the ability to analyse, and document inter-departmental and intra-departmental business process flows.
• Produce tender plans to aid bids and work with operations to ensure best opportunity presented
• Provide project performance measurement and reporting.
• Support cost loading, resource allocation, and work bank maintenance.

Who you are:

This would be a great opportunity for someone who has gained some Project Planning experience who is looking to build on this. Help assist the development of schedules at different stages of the lifecycle, with the ability to analyses, and document inter-departmental and intra-departmental business process flows.

Key Requirements:

• Experienced in Primavera P6
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Track project milestones, update progress, and flag delays or risks
• Understanding of planning, schedule management, and change control.
• Ability to interpret contractor plans and integrate them into master schedules
• Ideally have experience within the Rail or Telecoms sector
• Exposure to NEC / JCT contracts would be beneficial

What we offer:

At Telent, we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone feels valued, supported, and able to thrive. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage diverse perspectives across our teams.

The additional benefits with this role:

• 26 days holiday, plus public holidays, and the option to buy or sell days annually
• Company pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies
• Occupational health support and wellbeing Portal
• Discounts on Cinema, Restaurants and Shopping with Telent Reward scheme.

We are guided by our values and behaviours:

• Be Inclusive
• Take Responsibility
• Collaborate
• Be Customer-focussed

Join us and help deliver critical infrastructure projects that make a real difference.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.