Project Planner (C)

Designer Group Ltd; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Designer Group Ltd is seeking a Project Planner / Scheduler to join our on-site delivery team. You will own and update construction programmes, coordinating with Project Managers, commercial teams and site leadership to reflect real progress and risks in real time.

You will run detailed, resource-loaded programmes, perform what-if analyses and provide clear reporting on milestones and critical path, ensuring alignment with actual site delivery throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Planner / Scheduler within construction or M&E contracting
• Strong understanding of how projects are delivered on site (not just theoretical planning)
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 and/or MS Project
• Ability to interpret drawings, sequencing, and construction methodology
• Strong stakeholder engagement, able to work with site teams, PMs and senior leadership
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ambitious, proactive, and confident in challenging when needed

Responsibilities

• Build and manage detailed, resource-loaded project programmes (Primavera / MS Project)
• Work closely with site and project teams to ensure programmes reflect real construction sequences
• Identify risks, delays and pressure points early, drive solutions
• Run “what-if” scenarios to assess impact of changes in methodology or sequencing
• Produce clear, accurate reporting on progress, milestones and critical path
• Support project teams with short-term planning and lookahead programmes
• Challenge assumptions and provide practical planning advice across the project lifecycle
• Monitor progress on site and align programme with actual delivery
• Support commercial and project teams with planning input for variations and claims

Skills

Planner/Scheduler

On-site delivery

Stakeholder engagement

What-if scenario planning

Critical path reporting

Tools

Primavera P6

MS Project

Job description

The Role

We’re looking for a Project Planner / Scheduler who understands how construction projects actually move, not just on paper, but on site.

This is not a passive reporting role. You’ll sit at the centre of project delivery, working directly with Project Managers, Commercial teams and site leadership to build, manage and challenge programmes in real time.

You’ll take ownership of the programme from early development through to delivery, ensuring it reflects reality, drives performance, and highlights risk before it becomes a problem.

If you’ve worked in an M&E contractor or construction environment and know how sequencing, coordination and site constraints impact delivery, you’ll fit straight into this.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and manage detailed, resource-loaded project programmes (Primavera / MS Project)
• Work closely with site and project teams to ensure programmes reflect real construction sequences
• Identify risks, delays and pressure points early, drive solutions
• Run “what-if” scenarios to assess impact of changes in methodology or sequencing
• Produce clear, accurate reporting on progress, milestones and critical path
• Support project teams with short-term planning and lookahead programmes
• Challenge assumptions and provide practical planning advice across the project lifecycle
• Monitor progress on site and align programme with actual delivery
• Support commercial and project teams with planning input for variations and claims

What We’re Looking For

• Experience as a Planner / Scheduler within construction or M&E contracting
• Strong understanding of how projects are delivered on site (not just theoretical planning)
• Proficiency inPrimavera P6 and/or MS Project
• Ability to interpret drawings, sequencing, and construction methodology
• Strong stakeholder engagement, able to work with site teams, PMs and senior leadership
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ambitious, proactive, and confident in challenging when needed