Planner

Aldwych Consulting Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Planning Engineer for a long-term freelance position in Birmingham. This role involves supporting the development and management of project schedules across various infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will have experience in project planning and a solid understanding of project lifecycles. Strong communication skills are essential for successful stakeholder engagement. The company values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of society.

Qualifications

• Experience in project and programme planning, with professional or chartered membership where applicable.
• Solid knowledge of project lifecycles and scheduling systems.
• Ability to produce planning programmes in a construction environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing sector or project plans in line with organisational processes.
• Establish baseline schedules and highlight deviations.
• Support scenario-based planning to resolve project conflicts.

Skills

Project and programme planning

Project lifecycles knowledge

Microsoft Office proficiency

Construction industry experience

Delivering Earned Value Management (EVM)

Strong communication skills

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Are you a Planning Engineer looking for a long-term freelance position?

Role Overview

The Planner will support the development, monitoring, and management of project and programme schedules to ensure effective delivery across multiple infrastructure projects. This role involves analysing performance data, identifying risks and opportunities, and providing robust planning solutions to support decision-making and project execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of sector or project plans in line with organisational requirements, processes, and procedures.
• Establish baseline schedules to monitor and evaluate client and contractor performance; highlight deviations and propose mitigations to senior planning staff.
• Identify key programme interfaces and collaborate with senior planners to define and document these interactions.
• Liaise with Project Managers to maintain and update project schedules, ensuring seamless coordination between multiple schedules.
• Provide hierarchical performance reporting to support processes such as Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Integrate schedule, cost, and risk data to analyse critical paths and provide quality plans for informed decision-making.
• Support scenario-based "what-if" planning to resolve project conflicts and support recovery strategies.
• Assist senior planners with ad-hoc business and project requirements as needed.
• Capture, implement, and share best practices in project planning, processes, and procedures to promote continuous improvement.
• Demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of developed plans through agreed performance indicators.

Essential Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in project and programme planning, with professional or chartered membership where applicable.
• Solid knowledge of project lifecycles, planning processes, and scheduling systems.
• Proficiency in project management tools and Microsoft Office (or equivalent).
• Construction industry experience across a range of projects, with a sound understanding of project management principles.
• Ability to deliver Earned Value Management (EVM) and analyse productivity data.
• Competence in producing planning or scheduling programmes in a construction environment.
• Capability to integrate and analyse complex data from multiple sources to produce reports and presentations for internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to effectively engage, influence, and advise stakeholders at all levels, including executives.

If you feel you are a good fit for this position, please apply!

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.