Project Planner

Project Planner

• Location: Solihull (Hybrid)
• Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 + benefits

An established organisation is seeking an experienced Project Planner to join a central transformation/PMO function. This role plays a key part in developing and maintaining high-quality project and programme schedules across a complex portfolio of change.

You will provide clear, realistic plans, manage dependencies, highlight risks, and offer meaningful insight to support governance and senior decision-making.

The Role

Working as part of a PMO/Transformation Office, the Project Planner will:

• Develop and maintain detailed project and programme schedules
• Build integrated plans showing cross-project dependencies and critical paths
• Track milestones, manage baselines, and highlight variances
• Identify schedule risks and support mitigation planning
• Provide clear planning insight for portfolio reviews, governance and leadership forums
• Support scenario planning, re-planning and recovery activities
• Promote consistent planning standards and best practice across delivery teams
• Collaborate closely with Project Managers, Business Change, Technology teams and third-party suppliers

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Scheduling

• Create and maintain detailed schedules including tasks, sequencing and dependencies
• Develop integrated programme and portfolio plans
• Work with stakeholders to review progress and update plans

Assurance & Control

• Apply PMO planning standards and challenge assumptions where required
• Maintain baselines and track schedule variance

Insight & Reporting

• Produce concise planning insights highlighting risks, impacts and decisions required

Tools & Data Quality

• Maintain accurate planning data using tools such as MS Project, Asana or Smartsheet

About You

Essential

• Strong experience planning within complex, multi-project or programme environments
• Proven ability to build and manage integrated schedules with multiple dependencies
• Excellent organisational and analytical skills
• Confident communicator, able to translate technical planning data into clear insight
• Proficiency with planning/PPM tools (e.g. MS Project, Asana, Smartsheet)
• Understanding of project governance and methodologies (PRINCE2, MSP, P3O or similar)

Desirable

• Experience within transformation, technology or business change programmes
• Exposure to risk, resource or financial planning

What's on Offer

• Salary £50,000 - £60,000 (depending on experience)
• Hybrid working model based in Solihull
• Opportunity to work across a high-profile portfolio of change
• Strong focus on professional development and best-practice delivery

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