Project Planner

Project Planner About IEIS IEIS is a specialist engineering services business working across water, utilities, energy, and petrochemical sectors. Set up nine years ago and growing rapidly, they deliver projects spanning weeks through to years -- from pipe and steel design and fabrication through to full installation. They're a medium-sized business with a family feel, where people grow with the company rather than getting managed from above it. The Role This is a newly created permanent Planner position, brought in to strengthen the core team as IEIS moves away from relying solely on contractors. You'll work across all live projects -- short-burst reactive work and longer multi-month programmes -- reporting directly into the operational leadership team. The measure of success in this role isn't just keeping programmes up to date; it's knowing what's coming before anyone else does and making sure the business can act on it. What You'll Be Doing You'll: Prepare and maintain baseline, tender, and contract programmes compliant with NEC, IChemE, and EPC/ME&I contracts Own the Accepted / Approved Programme and keep it aligned with contractual obligations and change mechanisms Manage an integrated business-wide programme linking all project programmes to give directors visibility of time, cost, and resource Demonstrate critical path, float, constraints, and assumptions across live programmes Support Early Warnings, Compensation Events, variations, and Extension of Time submissions Assess time impact of design changes, late information, access restrictions, and third-party delay Produce progress reports, dashboards, and programme narratives for internal and client use Maintain rolling lookahead programmes to support site delivery teams Flag issues before they become problems -- proactively, not reactively What You'll Bring Essential: Proven experience planning ME&I, utilities, energy, or process projects Strong working knowledge of NEC and IChemE contract mechanisms Proficiency in Primavera P6 or ASTA Solid background supporting EOTs, claims, and change control processes Ability to produce time impact analyses and programme narratives to a contractual standard Useful, not essential: Experience working across multiple sectors simultaneously (water, energy, petrochemical) Familiarity with integrated business-level programme reporting Previous experience in a growing SME environment Benefits & Culture Financial: Salary up to £48,000 DOE | Company pension scheme Flexibility: Hybrid working - 3 days at head office, 2 days from home Development: As IEIS grows, you grow. The plan is that you build a team beneath you - not that someone gets promoted over you Day-to-day: On-site parking | A team that moves fast and values people who think ahead Working Arrangements Location: IEIS Head Office | Hybrid: 3 days on-site, 2 from home Contract: Permanent | Full-time Projects: Mix of short-burst and long-span programmes across water, utilities, energy, and petrochemical sectors How to Apply If this sounds like the right next step, apply now with your CV and we'll be in touch. Not quite ready to send a CV? Drop us a message and we'll tell you more about the role first