Project Planner

Meridian Business Support; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious client in the aviation sector is looking for a Project Planner to join their team in Bath. This full-time position involves implementing planning processes and working closely with key stakeholders to ensure effective project delivery. Candidates should have experience in planning or scheduling, proficiency in Microsoft Excel, and strong communication skills. The role offers a permanent contract with a focus on developing comprehensive project plans and financial performance reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning or scheduling.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of planning techniques.
• Strong computer literacy, especially in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain Final Assembly plans.
• Report on schedule and cost performance.
• Maintain a technical labour plan.
• Create and manage SAP networks.
• Ensure integrity and quality of schedules.

Skills

Planning techniques understanding

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Experience in MS Project

Excellent communication skills

Financial awareness

Knowledge of Earned Value techniques

Education

Qualification in a numerical based subject or equivalent experience

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Project Planner to work with our prestigious client based in Yeovil. This role would suit someone who is already a Project Planner/Scheduler or someone who is working towards doing this or in a similar role. This is a temporary role contract. You will be responsible for the implementation of the planning and control processes to support the Operations Team. Working with all the key stakeholders to ensure that any products or bids within the Aircraft Centre are planned effectively, to deadline and budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce and maintain level 2 Final Assembly plans in accordance with the Aircraft Centre planning process that takes into account the key constraints of build logic and material availability.
• Report on schedule, including financial and contractual milestones, and cost performance for all aircraft in production, providing timely information at the right level of detail for the various customers including Aircraft Centre department managers, the aircraft managers, the aircraft boards and for customers outside of the UK Aircraft Centre organisation such as programme management and finance.
• Maintain a technical labour plan in order that for all firm contracts and potential work under the control of the Aircraft Centre an estimated cost at completion and a labour profile for technical labour can be produced for all departments within the Aircraft Centre with bookers.
• Create, maintain and close SAP networks as required
• Ensure that all Operations network activities are properly loaded with accurate start and finish dates, budget hours and that activity is being correctly booked against them.
• Ensure integrity and quality of the schedules are controlled and timely implementations of baseline changes are made.

Key skills and qualifications

• Experience of planning or scheduling is advantageous, with the ability to demonstrate an understanding of planning techniques such as work breakdown structures, dependencies, risk contingency, resource constraints and forecasting, estimating and level 1 and level 2 planning
• Computer literate with strong skills in Microsoft Excel
• Experience of MS Project is advantageous
• A qualification with a numerical based subject or equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate data to a wide range of key internal and external stakeholders.
• Financial awareness (budgets, cost to date, estimate at completion, variance, cash & turnover milestones) is desirable
• Knowledge of Earned Value techniques and processes is desirable

Job Info

• Job Title: Project Planner
• Company: Meridian Business Support
• Location: Bath, Somerset
• Posted: Jan 29th 2026
• Closes: Mar 1st 2026
• Sector: Administration
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Full Time