Project Planner

Beck & Pollitzer; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Beck & Pollitzer is seeking a Project Planner in the UK to create and maintain robust schedules for live engineering projects and competitive bids, from design through commissioning.

You will collaborate with engineering, procurement, production and commercial teams to ensure activities are logically planned, risks understood, and progress clearly reported. This role emphasizes accurate planning, resource forecasting, and strong bid competitiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience in project or bid planning within an engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of planning tools (MS Project / Primavera P6).
• Analytical mindset with excellent stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plan for live engineering projects by developing and maintaining integrated schedules across engineering, design, procurement, manufacturing and commissioning.
• Plan for bids and proposals, building realistic, competitive bid schedules and modeling constraints and risks.
• Create, maintain and update detailed project schedules using MS Project, Primavera P6 or equivalent.
• Identify task dependencies, milestones and critical paths; ensure realistic durations and resource availability.
• Provide weekly/monthly schedule reports to the Engineering & Bid Team Manager and stakeholders.
• Identify planning risks, develop mitigations, and manage baselines and change logs.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder communication

Analytical mindset

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

We are looking for a Project Planner to join our Engineering & Bid Team within the UK business. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining robust project schedules for both live engineering projects and competitive bids, supporting successful delivery from design through to commissioning.

You will work closely with engineering, procurement, production, and commercial teams to ensure activities are logically planned, risks are understood, and progress is clearly reported. This role is key to ensuring project control, schedule confidence, and strong bid competitiveness.

Planning for Live Engineering Projects

• Develop, maintain, and update integrated schedules covering engineering, design, procurement, manufacturing, and commissioning activities.
• Coordinate with discipline leads (engineering, design, procurement, production, quality, and subcontractors) to gather accurate progress updates.
• Monitor schedule performance and highlight variances, risks, and required corrective actions.
• Assist project managers with resource planning and workload forecasting across engineering teams.

Planning for Bids & Proposals

• Work closely with the Bid Manager and engineering leads to build realistic and competitive bid schedules.
• Develop planning models that reflect technical scope, constraints, risks, and proposed delivery methodologies.
• Support risk analysis and scenario modelling to improve bid robustness.
• Facilitate internal schedule reviews with engineering, procurement, and commercial stakeholders.
• Integrate subcontractor and supplier schedules into the master plan.

Project Scheduling

• Create, maintain, and update detailed project schedules using tools such as MS Project, Primavera P6, or equivalent.
• Identify the logical sequencing of tasks, dependencies, milestones, and critical paths.
• Ensure schedules reflect realistic durations, resource availability, and delivery constraints.

Reporting & Performance Management

• Create and maintain planning dashboards, S-curves, milestone trackers, and resource histograms.
• Provide weekly and monthly schedule reports to the Engineering & Bid Team Manager and project stakeholders.

Risk, Change, and Scenario Analysis

• Identify planning risks and develop mitigation options.
• Manage schedule baselines, change logs, and planning assumptions in line with internal processes.

What we're looking for

• Experience in project or bid planning within an engineering environment
• Strong knowledge of planning tools (MS Project / Primavera P6)
• Analytical mindset with excellent stakeholder communication skills