Project Planner (Major Projects)
ESP is seeking a pro-active individual to join its successful business to support the day-to-day activities with a specific focus in our Major Projects proposition.
You will be joining a highly successful and growing team, focused on high delivery standards with a customer centric mindset.
Key Responsibilities
- To support client programmes of work delivering desired outcomes of Quality, Cost, Service, Delivery, Communication & Safety.
- Support end-user engagement on delivery, communicating programme status, articulating, and tracking action requirements
- Support the management of all stakeholders, both internal and external, to ensure successful delivery of the project.
- Be responsible for delivery of assigned client deliverables including accurate and timely Asset Values requests, supporting proposition documents, POC requests and Applications and where indicated, the administration of Contract Documentation related processes.
- Support the lead to ensure all programmes have the necessary project plans and controls in place to effectively track project progress, critical path and escalate potential risks and issues identified.
- Using available reporting and management tools, efficiently track progress and performance against agreed targets.
- Liaise internally with all relevant departments (Pricing, Commercial, Legal, Ops and Accounts) on the delivery of each programme.
- The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post.
Person Specification
- You will be confident dealing with competing demands for time and attention, maintaining a high degree of professionalism and demonstrating strong organisational skills.
- Adaptable to changing circumstances, uncertainty and ambiguous or adverse situations whilst remaining calm and maintaining performance.
- You will support the delivery of work where tight deadlines are the norm, whilst maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
- You will be able to be successful in a multi-disciplined team, demonstrating initiative and effective communication skills.
- You will be a self-motivated fast and eager learner, highly numerate and proficient with MS Office
- You will have the ability to deal with all levels within an organisation, both internally and externally and demonstrate the confidence to question information using problem-solving skills.
Key Skills & Experience
Essential
- Proven experience as a Planner, Scheduler, or Programme Controls professional on major infrastructure or utilities projects.
- Working knowledge of project planning tools such as MS Project and Primavera P6.
- Experience developing and managing integrated, multi-project schedules.
- Strong understanding of critical path analysis, baselining, progress measurement, and change control.
- Ability to communicate complex planning information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Advantageous / Desirable
- Strong Experience using Primavera P6 for programme-level planning, integration, and reporting.
- Experience working within a PMO or programme environment.
- Knowledge of UK utilities delivery models, regulatory milestones, or third-party coordination (DNOs, IDNOs, ICPs, water companies, local authorities).
- Exposure to schedule risk analysis, Monte Carlo analysis, or recovery planning.
- Professional qualifications (e.g. APM, PPM, MSP, PRINCE2, or planning-specific certifications).