Project Planner - Resilience & Infrastructure

Arcadis; Leeds; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is recruiting an Assistant Planner in the Resilience team in Leeds to support planning for major infrastructure and utility projects. You will develop schedules, monitor progress, and support project teams from front-end planning to detailed execution, ensuring value, risk awareness and on-time delivery.

The role requires a degree or equivalent experience and strong IT skills, with familiarity with MSP/P6 and Office 365, plus a collaborative cross-disciplinary approach.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level/HND in a relevant discipline.
• Ability to work on tasks unsupervised whilst applying sound judgement.
• Confidence and acumen when speaking to project teams and stakeholders.
• Understanding and experience of project / programme management, design, engineering and construction.
• Strong IT Skills, with respect to Excel and Office 365.
• Experience of Planning Tools, MSP/P6

Responsibilities

• Establishing approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting, with controlled change management and clear communication to teams, clients and stakeholders of progress status and remaining works.
• Providing valued and focused insight on schedule performance, going beyond checks and calculations, to ensure the project teams know and understand what they need to, are equipped to make informed decisions and are aware of any schedule risks and opportunities.
• Take a pro-active approach to cross-discipline engagement and collaboration to identify and resolve issues and facilitate team success.
• Engaging with internal and client stakeholders at a working and management level to develop positive relationships and provide relevant, concise information.
• Managing the schedule change control process, recording change history for audit purposes and all relevant business authorisations.
• Awareness of, and adherence to contractual procedures relating to contract schedules (i.e. NEC 3 and 4 Accepted Programme) and delays.
• Active participation and contribution to communities and initiatives across the project and programme management service line and the wider Arcadis business.

Skills

MSP/P6 experience

Excel

Office 365

Communication

Education

Degree level in a relevant discipline

Tools

MSP

Primavera P6

Job description

Arcadis is recruiting an Assistant Planner in the Resilience team in Leeds to support planning for major infrastructure and utility projects. You will develop schedules, monitor progress, and support project teams from front-end planning to detailed execution, ensuring value, risk awareness and on-time delivery.

The role requires a degree or equivalent experience and strong IT skills, with familiarity with MSP/P6 and Office 365, plus a collaborative cross-disciplinary approach.