Project Planning Consultant

Make an impact on multi‑discipline projects while developing your career in consultancy.
Join a team delivering complex programmes with genuine scope to grow and advance your skills.

What you will need

• Eligibility to work in the UK with no nationality or residency restrictions
• Residency in Southwest England or South Wales 
• Experience of large-scale project planning, including building and managing schedules and baselines
• Contract knowledge across NEC, JCT, FIDIC or Rail frameworks
• Consultancy or client-facing experience supporting multi-disciplinary teams

Salary and rewards
£60‑65K plus hybrid working and flexible arrangements to support work-life balance

Your role

• Build and manage project schedules, interfaces, and stakeholder engagement
• Maintain baselines and support contractual and performance metrics
• Deliver workshops and reporting including Earned Value Management
• Correlate schedule, cost and risk for integrated assessments
• Provide scenario planning and critical path analysis to improve efficiency

Your experience

• Technical capability: Integrated multi‑discipline project controls skillset, advanced reporting techniques, contract management expertise
• Behavioural capability: Strong stakeholder management, consultancy mindset, ability to drive best practice across teams

Benefits and balance
You will enjoy practical benefits including:

• Flexible total reward package with pension, life assurance, cycle‑to‑work and additional leave options
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme covering mental, physical and financial health
• Hybrid working options, holiday buy/sell schemes and flexible arrangements
• Lifestyle perks including discounts, gym scheme, gadget insurance and travel loan

Where you will be based
Bristol with a hybrid working pattern (2-3 days per wek onsite)

Equal opportunities
The employer is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in the workplace

This is a permanent role.

Electus Recruitment Solutions provides specialist engineering and technical recruitment solutions to high-technology industries. Thank you for your interest. If you do not hear from us within seven working days, please presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. You may resubmit your CV or details in the future, and we shall assess your suitability then.