Sr. Project Planner

NKT; Karlskrona kommun; On-site; SEK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

NKT, a leader in high-voltage power cable technology, seeks a Senior Project Planner to drive integrated project schedules and reporting across international markets. You will collaborate with project managers, clients, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery from tender through completion.

The role requires advanced Primavera P6 skills, experience with Power BI, and strong English communication. Travel to client sites and project locations will be necessary.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project planning within large and complex project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Experience with project reporting and data visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Willingness to travel for client meetings, site visits, and team activities.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining integrated project schedules throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring project performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending mitigation actions.
• Coordinating schedules across subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Preparing project reports, dashboards, milestone analyses, S-curves, and executive summaries.
• Acting as the primary planning interface towards clients on schedule, progress, and reporting matters.
• Supporting time-related analysis, delay assessments, and claims management activities when required.

Skills

English

Travel readiness

Tools

Primavera P6

Power BI

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Planner to join our team and play a key role in the successful delivery of large-scale, complex projects across international markets. This position offers the opportunity to work at the heart of project execution, ensuring that planning, scheduling, and progress control support successful project outcomes from tender stage through to completion.

As a Senior Project Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimizing integrated project schedules in Primavera P6. Working closely with project managers, contract managers, clients, and project teams, you will help ensure projects remain on track by identifying schedule risks, monitoring progress, and providing clear and actionable reporting.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Developing and maintaining integrated project schedules throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring project performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending mitigation actions.
• Coordinating schedules across subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning activities.
• Preparing project reports, dashboards, milestone analyses, S-curves, and executive summaries.
• Acting as the primary planning interface towards clients on schedule, progress, and reporting matters.
• Supporting time-related analysis, delay assessments, and claims management activities when required.

In addition to supporting project delivery, you will contribute to the continued development of planning excellence within the organization. You will mentor junior planners, share best practices, and support initiatives related to planning tools, processes, and standardization.

About You

You are a structured and analytical professional with strong planning expertise and the confidence to challenge assumptions, influence decision-making, and build strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups. You enjoy working independently while collaborating effectively within international and multidisciplinary teams.

To Succeed In This Role, You Will Bring

• Significant experience in project planning within large and complex project environments.
• Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6.
• Experience with project reporting and data visualization tools such as Power BI.
• Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• The ability and willingness to travel for client meetings, site visits, and team activities.

Experience with Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA), Earned Value Management (EVM), delay analysis, claims management, FIDIC or NEC contracts, and industries such as Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, Submarine Cables, Oil & Gas, EPC, or major infrastructure projects will be considered advantageous.

We believe the right person matters more than the location. Therefore, this role can be based in Karlskrona (Sweden), Teesside (UK), or Rotterdam (Netherlands).

If you have any questions about the role, you are very welcome to contact Hiring Manager Filip Elfmark, [e-mail]. For inquiries about the recruitment process, please reach out to Alice Jerlmark, [e-mail]. Please note that response times may be longer than usual during the summer period.

Background checks, alcohol- and drug testing and personality assessments may be included in our recruitment process.

Please note that due to the GDPR regulations we cannot accept any applications via e-mail.

We collect confidential candidate experience feedback to improve our recruitment process. Your responses are for quality development only and do not affect hiring decisions.

Union representatives

Sveriges Ingenjörer – Christian Fisch, [phone]

Unionen – Joakim Wikström, [phone]

Ledarna – Roger Jönsson, [phone]

Be a Connector of the green tomorrow!

About NKT

At the factory in Karlskrona, NKT is designing, developing and manufacturing the high-voltage power cable solutions enabling the transition to renewable energy. Here, you will join a diverse organization at an internationally recognized engineering centre operating one of the most advanced high-voltage test halls, a state-of-the-art cable manufacturing and the NKT Victoria – the most sustainable cable-laying vessel in the offshore industry.

At NKT, we are all Connectors. We connect to develop leading power cable technologies that enable the world’s transition to renewable energy - and we stay connected to grow as people and professionals. As a company, NKT connects a greener world with high-quality power cable technology and plays a key role as the world moves towards clean energy. NKT designs, manufactures and installs low-, medium- and high-voltage power cable solutions enabling reliable energy transmission. Since 1891, NKT has innovated the power cable technology, building the infrastructure from the first light bulbs to the megawatts created by renewable energy today.

NKT is headquartered in Denmark, operates from more than 30 countries worldwide, and employs 6,500 people globally. NKT is listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen and realised a revenue of EUR 3.6 billion in 2025. NKT - We connect a greener world. www.nkt.com