Planner - Airports

Waterman Aspen; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Planner to join their Aviation team, working on significant infrastructure projects across the UK. This role offers the chance to develop your skills while being a key player in managing project schedules and ensuring timely updates. You will benefit from a variety of projects, client engagement, and the opportunity to enhance your career without changing employers. The company values its employees and provides a supportive environment for professional growth. If you are looking for a dynamic role with flexibility and a commitment to excellence, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Varied client base

Technical progression support

Social events

Volunteering opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven ability to generate and maintain project schedules.
• Experience in identifying and resolving schedule impact issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all schedules are updated in line with the planning cycle.
• Coordinate live progress updates for accurate project status.

Skills

Project Scheduling

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

Job title: Planner - Airports

Type: Contract

Salary: Dependent on experience, skills and location

An introduction to our unique company…

Waterman Aspen welcomes engineers and technical specialists to make their mark on some of the biggest infrastructure projects across the UK on a secondment basis.

We specialise in providing the right people, with the right skills for the job, at the right time – for as long as our clients need them.

We are proud of how much we value and support our colleagues – taking people from the very start of their careers to Chartered status and beyond. We have big ambitions for the future, and we’d love for you to be part of it.

Your career with Waterman Aspen…

You’ll get all the benefits of being employed by us, while working on a variety of projects for our clients. Joining Waterman Aspen as a Planner will see you as a key member of the Aviation team and you can expect:

• A varied client base where you can apply and develop your skills
• Buy-in from clients to assist in your technical progression
• Further exposure to your chosen industry – increasing your awareness, knowledge and sharpening your skills
• The flexibility to broaden your horizons with each new secondment, without changing your employer
• Regular social events and volunteering opportunities

Experience required…

Essential:

• Ability to ensure that all schedules are generated, maintained, and updated in line with the planning cycle.
• Accountable for identifying schedule impact issues within the project and proactively pursue solutions within the baseline boundaries of quality, cost, and time. Also understanding any impacts to internal and external deliverables or dependencies.
• Coordination of Live Progress Updates to gather accurate project progress status information and update.

Desirable:

• Experience working for a major contractor is preferred.
• A desire to reach out to key stakeholders to build relationships
• A full UK driving licence