Project Planner

**Job Title: Project Planner**

**Location**: Tyne & Wear (Free Parking)

**The Company**:
A fantastic opportunity for a Planner within the industry, to join an engineering powerhouse here in the North-East.

**Salary: £36,000 - £40,000**

**Purpose of Role**:
The Planning Department provides a link between Project and Production by developing a plan using MS Project format which translates the fabrication into an orderly array of job activities which demonstrate a practical methodology for the completion of the work scope in the desired time frame. This is followed by the continued support of the project plan by way of amending, interjection of additional work items, issue of revised planning and progress monitoring and updating.

**Responsibilities**
- Producing high level programmes from our clients / projects outline brief to form an integrated management programme fully resourced, covering all aspects of the production life cycle, ensuring sufficient detail to assist in the interpretation of project target costs.
- Reading and interpreting owner’s specifications, project deliverables, and build requirements.
- Initiate inputs, build methods and for costing for estimator’s breakdowns.
- Issuing plans to estimating, production and project personnel, and working in close liaison with them to ensure maximum effectiveness and usefulness.
- Providing labour forecast and resource profiles.
- Inputting progress and carrying out critical path analysis.
- Monitoring and coordination of the differing stages of integrated management programmes, advising both management and the project teams of programme risks, opportunities, and recovery plans when necessary.
- Maintain quality feedback loops to continuously improve product accuracy and quality, communication on all levels to ensure complete information loops from shop floor to management.
- Responsible for preparation, implementation and monitoring of a multi-disciplined works manufacturing programme, utilising bar charts, ‘S’ Curves and histograms in conjunction with Microsoft project or other planning related software as is deemed necessary.
- Competent with MS Office
- Competent in the of use planning tools (MS Project)
- Strong communication skills
- Experience in engineering background
- Planning Qualification
- HNC in Engineering
- Fabrication experience through time served apprenticeship programme.
- Commercial experience
- Theo James Recruitment specialise in Manufacturing & Engineering recruitment across the following disciplines._

Senior Appointments

Leadership and Management

Supply Chain/Logistics

Design - Engineer, Management

Project Engineering, Management

Production / Process Engineering

Maintenance - Technician, Engineer, Management

Quality - Engineering, Management

Health, Safety & Environmental

HR & Finance

Sales & Business Administration

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £36,000.00-£40,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Hebburn: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 40107