Project Planner

Gold Group; Rugeley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Project Planner to own the Integrated Master Schedule across multiple engineering programmes. You will develop and manage schedules using Microsoft Project Professional, ensuring milestones, dependencies and baselines are accurate and owned by the team.

You will work with Programme Managers and Engineering Leads to forecast resources, assess risks, and provide clear progress updates to senior stakeholders while aligning with Agile delivery where

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning or data-driven role.
• Hands-on experience using Microsoft Project Professional to build, manage and maintain project schedules.
• Experience developing integrated project schedules, managing dependencies, milestones, baselines and critical paths.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) using Microsoft Project Professional.
• Establish and monitor milestones, dependencies, work packages and critical path activities across complex programmes.
• Undertake schedule analysis and scenario planning, assessing resource constraints, delays and changes.
• Integrate engineering design, development, validation and delivery activities into robust programme schedules.
• Identify schedule risks and develop mitigation and recovery plans.

Skills

Scheduling

Microsoft Project

Resource forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Schedule risk management

Tools

Microsoft Project Professional

Job description

Job Title: Project Planner
Location: Rugeley
Salary: £DOE

Integrated Master Scheduling | Microsoft Project

The Opportunity

I am seeking a Project Planner to join an established and growing engineering organisation, taking ownership of the development and management of Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) across a portfolio of strategically important engineering programmes.

Working alongside Programme Managers, Engineering Leads and wider project teams, you will play a key role in ensuring complex, multi-disciplinary programmes remain on track, with clear visibility of milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource requirements and delivery risks.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced planner who can combine strong scheduling expertise with commercial awareness, stakeholder engagement and the confidence to influence programme delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and manage Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) using Microsoft Project Professional.
• Establish and monitor project milestones, dependencies, work packages and critical path activities across complex engineering programmes.
• Undertake schedule analysis and scenario planning, assessing the impact of resource constraints, delays and programme changes.
• Integrate engineering design, development, validation and delivery activities into robust programme schedules.
• Work closely with Programme Managers, Engineering Leads and functional teams to ensure schedules accurately reflect delivery plans and dependencies.
• Identify schedule risks, assess potential impacts and develop appropriate mitigation and recovery plans.
• Monitor progress against approved baselines, providing accurate forecasting and reporting on schedule performance.
• Manage schedule governance, baseline control and change management processes.
• Support resource planning and capacity forecasting across multiple programme workstreams.
• Align high-level programme schedules with Agile delivery activities, including epics and sprint planning where appropriate.
• Liaise with customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to maintain schedule alignment and provide clear progress updates.
• Promote planning best practice and support the development of scheduling capability across the programme team.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in Project Planning or Data driven role.
• Have demonstrable, hands‑on experience using Microsoft Project Professional to build, manage and maintain project schedules.
• Experience developing integrated project schedules, managing dependencies, milestones, baselines and critical paths.
• Strong understanding of project planning, schedule risk management and change control.
• Experience working across multiple workstreams within complex engineering or technical programmes.
• Ability to undertake schedule analysis, resource forecasting and delivery scenario planning.
• Confident communicating schedule performance, risks and recovery options to senior stakeholders and customers.
• Strong organisational, analytical and problem‑solving skills.

If you are an experienced Project Planner with strong Microsoft Project skills and enjoy bringing complex engineering programmes together through effective planning and schedule control, I would like to hear from you.

***PLEASE NOTE***

Eligibility for UK Security Clearance (SC) is required to be considered for this vacancy