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Junior planner

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Vanderlande Industries B.V.
Planner
€40,000 - €60,000 a year
Posted: 1h ago
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Time left to apply End Date: April 29, 2025 (30+ days left to apply)

job requisition id JR30115


Job Title

Junior Planner


Job Description

Reports to: Planning Manager

Location: Remote – With travel to sites

Introduction to role

The Project Planner will be responsible for creation, updating and maintaining project plans throughout the project cycle for automated systems of varying complexities in an ever-changing and challenging environment. The successful candidate will work closely with the Planning Manager, Project Manager, Commercial Manager, suppliers, subcontractors, and customers in developing project plans in collaboration with the project delivery teams (Engineering, construction, and integration).

Role Responsibilities

This role will involve liaising with the project delivery teams, including the supply chain, to facilitate detailing project schedules to the right level of detail required for delivering the project.

Actively gathering progress information from project team members, including subcontractors and factory manufacturing activities, to progress project plans and allow for effective monitoring of the projects and highlight issues/delays to the Project Manager.

Your responsibilities and activities will include:

* Analyse project performance, track progress and feedback to the project manager on project performance
* Prepare 6-week look-ahead plan
* Investigating, measuring, and recording Project change and variation through the project lifecycle. Ensuring all planning changes are clearly documented and recorded and instigating recovery plans if the project deviates from the baseline
* Working within a challenging project environment to create good working relationships (partnership approach) to ensure successful project outcomes
* Encourage and construct good coherent relationships and partnerships with Project teams, external suppliers and subcontractors, internal business support functions, and wider stakeholders - promoting project engagement and successful delivery against project objectives
* Continuously improve upon own and others within the project planning team, and champion own development of planning best practices to support better individual and business-wide project delivery
* Support a safe working environment within project delivery by championing and encouraging a safety-first culture down through the supply chain

Role Qualification and Skills

* Primavera experience essential
* CSCS card desirable
* Excellent timekeeper
* Balance competing priorities, delivering within deadlines and under pressure
* Strong and Open Communicator – capable of presenting to all levels within the organization
* Project controls and project reporting not essential but desirable
* Fully independent, including for Major Projects.
* Experienced business partner for the person responsible for the project.
* Ensures coordination with other disciplines.
* Familiar with all methodologies/tooling for single and multi-project planning.
* Independently states delivery times.
* Evaluates the methods, tooling, and processes used and puts forward proposals for improvements
* Implements scheduled improvements
* Experience delivering programmes within an NEC framework not essential but desirable

Please note: Experience of Baggage Handling / Airport Systems will be considered but not essential as training will be provided.

Please note: UK and Ireland travel will be necessary along with a valid UK driving license. Some occasional overseas travel may be required.

What we offer

* 28 days annual leave (excluding public holidays)
* Bupa Medical Cover
* YuLife – Wellbeing membership with fast access to GP appointments, promotion of health and wellbeing along with daily quests to gain Yucoins that can be swapped for shopping vouchers
* A challenging work environment with lots of opportunities for career progression.
* Cycle to work scheme
* Pension with Aviva
* Access to Achievers, an award-winning recognition platform that inspires to recognize your coworkers where points are awarded that can be exchanged for a range of goods and discounts.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age marital status or disability status. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, we are always happy to discuss or explore any reasonable adjustments that can be made to support your application.


About Us

Aspire. Grow. Achieve. Together

Are you looking to develop your career and satisfy your ambitions at a company where you can aspire to new heights, enjoy personal growth and thrive on achievement? At Vanderlande, we seek passionate and ambitious people capable of making a positive impact on our key customer projects while developing a successful and prosperous career in a challenging and rewarding international environment.

We are the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports – from London Heathrow to Singapore Changi – and in the parcel market for leading players such as UPS and FedEx. Furthermore, we are also a leading supplier of solutions for warehousing giants, including Walmart, which seamlessly integrate innovative systems, intelligent software, and life-cycle services.

If you aspire to a position of responsibility and want to make a difference by facilitating the delivery of what matters most to consumers, passengers, and businesses, the next step on your path to global opportunities is to join Vanderlande. As part of our network and unique culture of freedom and flexibility, you will be able to express yourself and become connected to our dedicated people, building strong relationships and rising to the challenge of industry-leading projects.

You will grow, take ownership and make every day better as you continue on the road to success with your spirit of adventure – and fulfill your ambitions for personal development through our Academy. Vanderlande will give you the necessary knowledge, tools, and support so that together we have the confidence and ability to exceed our customers’ expectations in over 100 countries.

To achieve our collective goals, you will seize the initiative and have a hands-on role working in a positive environment to deliver tangible, state-of-the-art products and improve the competitiveness of our highly visible customers. As an integral part of our team, you will have the enthusiasm and be driven to reach our destination before your next journey with Vanderlande begins…

So, if you would like to join a profitable and growing company that will enable you to reach your goals and focus on your future, please get in touch with us.

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