Planning Engineer

Location Derbyshire
Discipline: Infrastructure and Civils
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Contact name: Roger Mills

Contact email: rmills@monroe-international.com
Job ref: BH-2200
Published: 6 days ago
Startdate: 2026-07-06
An opportunity has become available for an experienced Project Planner to join a growing project controls team supporting complex, high-value engineering and defence programmes. This is a hybrid role paying up to £70,000 + benefits and will involve site-based work in Derby, East Midlands, and occasional head office visits to Manchester.

This role offers the chance to work on major infrastructure projects from planning through to delivery, helping to ensure programmes are successfully executed on time and within agreed objectives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using Primavera P6.
  • Monitor project progress and ensure key milestones and deliverables are achieved.
  • Identify schedule risks, delays, and constraints, proposing mitigation strategies where required.
  • Produce progress reports, forecasting data, and project performance analysis for stakeholders.
  • Ensure project schedules align with budgets, resources, and contractual commitments.
About You
  • Proven experience in project planning within engineering, construction, infrastructure, defence, or major project environments.
  • Strong knowledge of planning tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling software.
  • Understanding of project management principles, planning techniques, and programme controls.
What's On Offer?
  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Hybrid working arrangements.
  • Opportunity to contribute to complex, nationally significant engineering and infrastructure programmes.
  • Ongoing professional development, training, and career progression opportunities.
  • Supportive and collaborative project environment.
Apply today !!