Principal Planning Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Planning Engineer in Bolton for a contract position until April 2026. This role involves leading a planning team, managing project schedules, and providing insights for successful project execution. Ideal candidates will have extensive project lifecycle experience and skills in analysis and reporting.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project planning and reporting.
• Ability to lead a team and manage project schedule.
• Strong background in project lifecycle including Engineering and Procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Planning team and maintain good relationships with clients.
• Control, monitor, and report on project schedule.
• Manage project risk and changes effectively.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

Change management

Experience in project lifecycle

MS Office proficiency

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Principal Planning Engineer, Bolton, Greater Manchester

Client: First Recruitment Group

Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views:

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

Job Description:

Our client is looking to recruit a Principal Planning Engineer for a contract until April 2026.

Principal Planning Engineer

Location: Manchester

IR35 to be determined

Hybrid Working

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Planning team under the direction of the Project Controls Manager and develop and maintain a good working relationship with Client and work colleagues.
• Control, monitor, analyse and report schedule related aspects for designated projects within a Portfolio and liaise with the Commercial Team and the Project Controls Team to assist in the production of key project schedule metrics.
• Ensure all changes to the baseline on a project are understood and managed in an appropriate way.
• Continually monitor Project Risk and Change status to maintain current schedule forecast.
• Liaise with Project team members and contractors with regards to progress and forecasting and provide ‘what-if’ analysis on schedules as and when required.
• Monitor, control and analyse the project schedule information, identify variances, and bring these to the attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives. Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project’s specific needs.
• Challenge schedule variances against the baseline plan with individual task leaders/contractors and/or outside stakeholder management as necessary to enable mitigation.
• To cover your absence from site during holiday periods, you are to hand over your duties to a delegate agreed with your manager.
• Understand the inter-relationship between time, cost, and commercial aspects of the project life cycle.
• Experience across the whole project and programme lifecycle, including Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning & Handover processes.
• Experience of developing, implementing, and maintaining a project planning procedure and extensive experience in producing project schedule reports.
• A creative and innovative approach to problem solving and extensive experience of collation information, preparing reports, processing supplier schedules, application of company procedures and policies.
• Strong analytical skills
• Confidence and ability to assert influence
• Proficient in the interpretation of Earned Value Analysis.
• Excellent MS Office skills and well versed in the preparation of reports and information using packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.