Engineering Resource Planner

RSE; Inverness; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

RSE is seeking an Engineering Resource Planner to join our Inverness team on a full‑time basis. You will coordinate the allocation of engineering resources across project portfolios and provide clear visibility of availability and gaps.

Reporting to Senior Management, you will support design, engineering, production and delivery teams to align resources with milestones and delivery objectives. Collaborating across the Design, Delivery, Commissioning and Commercial teams, you will help ensure

Qualifications

• Demonstrable resource planning experience within similar engineering environments.
• Proficient in Microsoft Project and Primavera P6.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to develop and recommend alternative resource approaches.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• Experience coordinating resource plans across design, engineering, construction, installation and commissioning.
• Understanding of engineering project lifecycles from tender to delivery.
• Excellent communication with engineers, delivery managers and senior leaders.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Develop resource programmes to inform tenders with cost-loading and milestone dates.
• Build and maintain resource plans across engineering disciplines.
• Provide resource extracts from master programmes to teams.
• Incorporate contractor, sub-contractor, supplier programmes into the overall plan.
• Monitor and update progress and status of resource programmes.
• Identify critical activities and propose remediation actions.
• Identify resourcing gaps and conflicts early; propose options.
• Track utilisation and skills matrix; keep tools current.
• Develop and maintain regular resourcing reports and dashboards.
• Attend project and engineering review meetings to ground plans in status.
• Maintain and improve resource planning tools and processes.

Skills

Resource planning

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Communication

Driving licence

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

Job description

What Are We Looking For?

Our Treatment Solutions team is seeking an Engineering Resource Planner to join our Inverness team on a full-time, permanent basis. In this role, you will be responsible for coordinating the allocation of engineering resources and skills across RSE’s project portfolio. Acting as a key link between Project Management and Engineering Leadership, you will provide clear, up-to-date visibility of resource availability, commitments, and any emerging gaps or conflicts.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in supporting our Design, Engineering, Production and Delivery Teams by coordinating project resource planning in collaboration with the Design, Delivery, Commissioning and Commercial teams. Reporting directly to Senior Management, you will help ensure engineering resources are effectively planned and aligned with project requirements, priorities and delivery objectives.

Some Of Your Key Duties Include

• Developing resource programmes to inform Tenders which are cost-loaded and logic-driven, showing the dependencies between activities and having the deliverables and milestone dates explicitly identified.
• Build and maintain resource plans across engineering disciplines (mechanical, process, civils, electrical, commissioning, structural, design and production), aligned to the project delivery schedule.
• Provide detailed resource extracts from master programmes to the Design, Engineering, Production & Delivery Teams.
• Incorporate Contractor, Sub-contractor, Supplier and any third-party programmes into our overall programme.
• Monitor, track and regularly update progress and status of resource programmes.
• Keep projects on track by identifying critical activities and evaluating remedial actions to help resolve constraints.
• Identify resourcing gaps, clashes and over-commitments early, and propose practical options to resolve them.
• Track utilisation, availability and the skills matrix for the engineering team, keeping planning tools current and accurate.
• Develop and maintain regular resourcing reports and dashboards for engineering and project leadership.
• Maintain and improve the resource planning tools and processes used across the engineering department.
• Attend project and engineering review meetings to keep resource plans grounded in real project status.

What Do You Need?

• Demonstrable resource planning experience within similar engineering environments
• Proficient in Programming software packages – Microsoft Project and Primavera P6
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Initiative and ability to work alone and as part of a team
• Ability to develop and recommend alternative approaches to improve resource planning
• Ability to work under pressure and against tight time deadlines to achieve on-time delivery
• Experience in preparing and coordinating detailed resource plans encompassing design, engineering, construction, installation and commissioning
• A working understanding of engineering project lifecycles, from tender through design to delivery.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to work confidently with engineers, delivery managers and senior leaders.
• A methodical, analytical approach and good attention to detail.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Who Are We?

RSE is a trusted clean water technology company, developing market-leading products and solutions for purifying drinking water, recycling wastewater, and cleaning water in industrial processes. We are disrupting the water sector, delivering water treatment products, technologies, and services to clients across the UK. RSE provides offsite modular build solutions using a low-carbon approach compared to traditional construction methods and our unique offering to the market focuses on innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Established in 1982, RSE has grown into one of the most prominent MEICA engineering businesses in the UK water industry. We have created a complete in-house and full-service capability from project inception through to design, fabrication, and delivery by means of installation and commissioning. We additionally have one of the largest servicing and maintenance teams in the market, to ensure we’re on hand for all our clients’ needs.

Our service offering presents industry-leading innovative solutions and our dedicated staff play a key role in delivering our sustainability and wider business goals. With over 2000 staff across our group of companies, our strategic ambition will see the business continue to grow as we expand our operations and diversify our products. One of RSE’s key focuses is driving servant leadership and giving our people the opportunity and responsibility to take an entrepreneurial approach in their career development.

What RSE Offer

• Industry-leading salary based on your experience.
• A flexible career development path, with no restrictions on where your career can go.
• Private Healthcare (Personal)
• Holiday Allowance of 31 days per year, rising to 33 days per year after 2 years’ service.
• Holiday Buy / Sell Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work
• Discounted National Gym Membership
• Professional Fees Paid
• Employee Discount Platform
• EV/Hybrid Car Lease Scheme
• Access to our network of health professionals including mental health champions and Occupational Health Nurse.

In a flourishing sector where there are vast career opportunities available, we believe by leading transformation in the industry our offering to the market means our people have the space to thrive.