Location: Theale - 3 days a week in the office
Duration: 3 Months
We are seeking an experienced Project Planner to join a busy delivery team on an initial 3-month contract. This is a hands‑on role where you'll help bring structure, governance and planning discipline across multiple workstreams, ensuring projects remain on track and delivery teams stay focused on key objectives.
Working closely with Project Managers, operational teams, customers and suppliers, you will be responsible for maintaining project plans, managing governance processes, tracking risks and dependencies, and providing clear delivery reporting. This role would suit someone who enjoys bringing order to complex environments and can confidently coordinate stakeholders while driving best practice across project delivery.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain and monitor project plans, schedules and milestones.
- Manage project governance, including action logs, risk registers, decision logs and delivery reporting.
- Coordinate activities across project teams, operational stakeholders, customers and suppliers.
- Support governance meetings through the preparation of reports, updates and presentations.
- Track project dependencies, risks, issues and mitigation plans.
- Produce meaningful project reporting and dashboards to support decision-making.
- Drive consistency across planning, governance and project control processes.
- Identify opportunities to improve planning methodologies, reporting and delivery practices.
Skills & Experience
- Experience as a Project Planner, Project Coordinator, PMO Analyst, PMO Coordinator or similar project delivery professional.
- Strong understanding of project planning, governance and project lifecycle management.
- Proven experience maintaining project schedules, action logs, risk registers and delivery reports.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working within fast-paced operational, implementation, transformation or programme delivery environments.
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Strong analytical and reporting capabilities.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and reporting tool experience.
- Experience with Monday.com.
- Knowledge of reporting, planning or automation tools that improve project visibility and efficiency.
- Exposure to AI-enabled reporting or project management tools.
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and detail-oriented project professional to make an immediate impact within a busy delivery environment, helping to strengthen planning, governance and reporting across a broad portfolio of projects.
Project Planner in Theale employer: Project People
Join a dynamic and innovative team at a leading UK mobile and digital infrastructure business, where your expertise as Head of Business Change will be pivotal in driving transformation. Enjoy a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance, alongside a culture that values collaboration, professional growth, and the opportunity to lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team. With a focus on employee development and a commitment to delivering impactful change, this role offers a unique chance to influence key business outcomes in a thriving sector.
