Principal Planning Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Planning Engineer for a contract role based in Warrington. The role involves leading the planning team, ensuring effective project management, and analyzing schedule-related metrics. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience across project lifecycles and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in project and programme lifecycle, including Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Handover.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in Earned Value Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead Planning team, monitor and report schedule-related aspects.
• Manage changes to project baseline and monitor project risk.
• Prepare key project schedule metrics and reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Communication

Tools

MS Office

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Principal Planning Engineer, Warrington, Cheshire

Client: First Recruitment Group

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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: Warrington, Cheshire

IR35 to be determined

Hybrid Working

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the Planning team under the direction of the Project Controls Manager and develop and maintain good working relationships with the Client and colleagues.
• Control, monitor, analyze, and report schedule-related aspects for designated projects within a portfolio and liaise with the Commercial and Project Controls teams to produce key project schedule metrics.
• Ensure all changes to the baseline on a project are understood and managed appropriately.
• Monitor Project Risk and Change status to maintain current schedule forecasts.
• Liaise with project team members and contractors regarding progress and forecasting, providing 'what-if' analysis as needed.
• Monitor, control, and analyze project schedule information, identify variances, and report to the Project Manager with possible alternatives. Prepare reports for challenge and analysis.
• Challenge schedule variances against the baseline plan with task leaders/contractors and stakeholders to enable mitigation.
• Manage your duties during absences, handing over responsibilities to an agreed delegate.
• Understand the inter-relationship between time, cost, and commercial aspects of the project lifecycle.
• Experience across the project and programme lifecycle, including Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation/Commissioning, and Handover.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and maintaining project planning procedures and producing schedule reports.
• A creative and innovative approach to problem-solving, with extensive experience in data collation, report preparation, supplier schedule processing, and applying company procedures.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Confidence and ability to influence.
• Proficient in interpreting Earned Value Analysis.
• Excellent MS Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for report and information preparation.