Junior Planner

Job Title: Junior Planner

Location: Walsall based with travel

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 DOE Company car/Allowance benefits

A fantastic opportunity for a Junior Planner to join our team based out of our Walsall office. You’ll accurately create and manage project schedules, resource allocations, and timelines to ensure the completion of any project assigned to. This will be critical in coordinating tasks, optimising resource usage, and mitigating potential delays, to make sure that projects run smoothly within the day to day. The project planner is responsible for outlining the scope of the project as well as budgeting and tracking project costs.

This is a great opportunity to work on our most high-profile projects and take your career to the next level in a group that’s experiencing major growth. IWS M&E are part of SSI within the South Staffordshire Group – the 3000 employee-strong group behind South Staffs and Cambridge water and a host of other businesses that feed into the utilities sector. You won’t just be joining one business; you’ll be part of a group that can offer you variety and development for the whole of your career!

What’s the role:

• To be fully conversant with P6 and Microsoft Project and can construct a project WBS and develop the project schedule to be submitted for approval as the baseline.
• To monitor and update the schedule in accordance with the contract and produce all relevant internal and external reports.
• Ability to fully resource load and cost load the project.
• To support the planning lead with accurate data that can demonstrate the overall project performance.
• To produce a critical path analysis and report any variations against it.
• To integrate various supplier schedules into an overall master project programme.
• Assist in resource allocation planning, coordinate subcontractor schedules, and support bid planning for new projects.
• Collaborate with site teams to gather accurate project information, flag potential delays, and support the creation of look-ahead programs and short-term work plans.
• Understanding schedule interfaces and dependencies to produce various key milestones and / or Milestone Definition Sheets to be submitted for acceptance.
• The ability to interact with various groups of design and management to ensure schedule compliance remains and is respected by all parties.
• Prepare and update project schedules, track changes, and maintain planning documentation using industry-standard software.
• Collect and organize site progress data, monitor project progress, and create weekly and monthly reports for stakeholders.
• To attend project change meetings and support the commercial team for input into any instruction for quotation or implementation
  
  

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in construction planning, with proficiency in Primavera P6 or MS Project.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and good communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team with a basic understanding of construction methodologies
• Experience in water treatment plant construction, utilities, or mechanical & Electrical projects, along with familiarity with BIM software, lean construction principles, and health & safety regulations, is advantageous.
  
  

What you’ll get in return:

• Salary £30,000 - £40,000 DOE
• Company car/allowance
• Contributory pension
• 24/7 Online GP service for friends and family
• Structured training and mentoring under a Lead Planner.
• Clear progression pathway to a Senior Planner role
• The chance to build your career group-wide and truly develop.