Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. With over 34,000 people across more than 30 countries, we are dedicated to improving quality of life. The Resilience business line operates across water, energy, environmental and industrial sectors, providing valued advice and support to clients supplying essential resources.

We are recruiting a Project Planner to join our Resilience team, providing planning support and guidance to clients and internal teams. You will join an industry-leading team, working on a variety of projects ranging from nationally significant infrastructure schemes to mass volume utility works. This role offers opportunities to develop your career while collaborating with talented professionals.

As a Planner, you will add value throughout all project and programme lifecycle stages—from strategic planning to detailed schedule development and control. You will steer project teams through planning and execution phases by applying best practice principles, communicating effectively, and collaborating relentlessly.

Role Accountabilities
- Establish approved baseline schedules and implement schedule performance monitoring and reporting with controlled change management.
- Provide insightful schedule performance analysis to enable informed decision-making and awareness of schedule risks and opportunities.
- Proactively engage across disciplines to identify and resolve issues and facilitate team success.
- Develop positive relationships with internal and client stakeholders, providing relevant and concise information.
- Manage schedule change control processes, maintaining change history for audit and business authorisations.
- Ensure awareness of and adherence to contractual procedures related to contract schedules (e.g. NEC 3 and 4 Accepted Programme) and delays.
- Actively participate in communities and initiatives across project and programme management service lines and the wider Arcadis business.

Experience
- Educated to degree level or HND in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
- Ability to work unsupervised, applying sound judgement and collaborating effectively.
- Confidence and acumen in communicating with project teams, clients, and stakeholders.
- Experience facilitating discussions between different disciplines, teams, and parties.
- Understanding of project/programme management principles, design, engineering, and construction.
- Strong IT skills, particularly with Excel and Office 365.
- Experience with planning tools such as Microsoft Project (MSP) and Primavera P6.

About You
You are confident, proactive, and collaborative with a strong commitment to delivering exceptional outcomes. You communicate clearly and effectively, building positive relationships with diverse stakeholders. You are adaptable and eager to contribute to a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications
Degree or HND in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience is required. Professional qualifications in project management or planning are advantageous but not essential.