Project Planner

Project Planner (Rail / Rolling Stock Overhaul)
Derby
Full Time Perm
 
We are seeking a structured and proactive Project Planner to join our team. In this critical role, you will be the analytical engine room supporting our Senior Project Manager, ensuring that our project plans, ERP systems, and overhaul schedules are flawlessly maintained.
 
If you are a naturally organized professional who loves diving into data sets, optimizing workflows, and ensuring that shop floor reality perfectly mirrors master schedules, this is your next career step.
 
Your Key Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain detailed project plans. You will directly support the scheduling of bogies, rail vehicles, and heavy overhaul activities to optimize workshop throughput.
• Own the data entry and maintenance of work orders within our ERP system, ensuring absolute data integrity, tracking progress, and flagging any delivery deviations early.
• Collate performance metrics from multiple sources to prepare project review packs, maintain tracking KPIs, and provide critical inputs for Estimate at Completion (EAC) forecasting.
• Work hand-in-hand with workshop production leads, field services, engineering, and procurement to ensure planning reflects real operational constraints and resource capacity.
• Maintain strict version control over all planning data, ensuring everything follows agreed corporate processes, standards, and safety systems of work.

 
Essential Skilled Required:  What We Are Looking For
Industry Experience: Proven track record in project planning, scheduling, or project coordination within an engineering, manufacturing, or rail environment.

• Hands-on experience using ERP systems and advanced planning tools to manage high-volume work orders and track actual vs. planned progress.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, comfortable manipulating and interpreting large datasets to build clear reports.
• Exceptionally numerate and data-driven with a razor-sharp attention to detail.
• Able to translate data confidently and collaborate effectively with diverse teams, from shop-floor technicians to senior stakeholders.

How Success is Measured in This Role: Planning accuracy (plan vs. actual performance). 
Schedule adherence supporting On-Time Delivery (OTD)
ERP data integrity and work order tracking completeness.
Timeliness and reliability of EAC financial forecasting inputs.
 
You will step into an agile environment where your reports and insights will directly drive multi-million-pound asset decisions. We offer a structured path for continuous professional improvement and a collaborative team culture.

For more information, either apply directly or call Lindsay on 0161 871 8283 quoting Reference 81037