Senior Project Planner

Job Title: Senior Project Planner

Location: Newcastle, NE6 (minimum 4 days per week on site)

Contract Length: 3 months (potential to extend or go permanent)

Company: Siemens Energy via Randstad Sourceright

About the Role:

Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services, is recruiting for an experienced Project Planner to join Siemens Energy’s GT S Business. This is a 3-month project to support and implement planning tools within the UK & Ireland operations. The role will be based in Newcastle and requires a minimum of 4 days onsite per week.

You will play a key role in planning and scheduling for a rapidly growing historical products business, helping the team forecast headcount, resources, and financial needs for the next 1–5 years.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain project planning systems for GT S Products across UK & Ireland.
• Identify and allocate resources effectively to meet project requirements and deadlines.
• Integrate SharePoint and SAP to understand current project load and model future requirements.
• Review project obligations and update planning information for key components and services (Order Management).
• Prepare and compile project schedules in collaboration with project and bid teams for future orders.
• Independently process tasks related to offers and orders while ensuring quality and deadlines.
• Create, review, and file project documentation using MS Project and other planning tools.

Key Skills / Experience Required:

• Proven experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Experience in bidding and managing projects.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office.
• Basic knowledge of SAP.
• Experience with document management systems and scheduling tools such as MS Project.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken.
• Assertiveness, organizational skills, and creativity to respond to changing business requirements.
• Strong teamwork, empathy, and conflict resolution skills.

Preferred Technical Skills & Competencies:

• Experience with digital planning tools.
• Ability to forecast headcount and financial requirements over 1–5 years.
• Understanding of UK & Ireland operations and historical products business.
• Compliance-ready (DBS clearance).

Why Join Us:

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a high-growth business, contributing to its expansion from £10 million to £100 million. You will work closely with operations teams across the UK & Ireland and have the autonomy to shape planning processes for the future.