Trainee Project Planner

JR United Kingdom; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading clean energy and defense company is offering a unique opportunity to become a highly skilled Project Planner through their training academy. This role emphasizes development in project, programme, and portfolio management, with benefits including a competitive salary, comprehensive training, and career growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Program

Medical and Dental cover

22 days holiday plus bank holidays

Maternity and shared parental leave

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience in a delivery-focused environment within engineering, project, or construction management.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and maintaining project structures.
• Developing and maintaining the integrated project schedule.
• Providing regular status updates and metrics on the schedule's impact.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Tools

Primavera

Excel

Job description

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The ideal candidate will have active SC Clearance or be eligible to undergo SC Clearance.

The Experis Academy offers an exciting opportunity for delivery-oriented individuals to be trained and upskilled as highly skilled Project Planners for a clean energy, defence, and civil decommissioning company. This role provides a chance to join Experis’ growing Academy division, where you will be trained and developed while representing Experis on a leading engineering account. Our programmes aim to develop talent pools who can become permanent members of our industry-leading clients.

We seek ambitious candidates with strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills. If you are looking to reskill or develop your project planning skills, this could be the right opportunity. The role is challenging but rewarding, requiring excellent customer-facing and teamworking skills.

You will support Project Planning activities within a delivery environment and collaborate with like-minded professionals to solve complex problems in the nuclear and infrastructure sectors.

As part of the programme, you will receive training, tools, and experience in project, programme, and portfolio management (P3M). Training will cover project management, planning, controls, Primavera (planning/scheduling tool), and Excel, along with soft skills such as negotiation, presentation, emotional intelligence, and conflict resolution. The training involves scenario-based workshops for practical application.

Day-to-day responsibilities include:

• Implementing and maintaining project structures
• Developing and maintaining the integrated project schedule
• Aligning scheduling tools with financial and material demand systems
• Providing regular status updates and metrics on the schedule's impact
• Creating resource/cost-loaded schedules for financial and project status reporting

Minimum criteria to apply include:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proactive approach to identifying potential issues
• Commitment to high-quality work and continuous learning
• Experience in a delivery-focused environment within engineering, project, or construction management

Benefits include a competitive salary based on a 37-hour week with bonus opportunities, entry into a leading clean energy and defence company, and a comprehensive training programme to develop in-demand skills and qualifications.

Other benefits include:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Program
• Medical and Dental cover
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Maternity and shared parental leave