Senior Project Planner
About Us
Crown House Technologies (CHt), part of the Laing O'Rourke Group, is one of the UK's leading mechanical and electrical engineering specialists, with a heritage spanning over 200 years. We are at the forefront of modern construction, delivering innovative, high-performance solutions for some of the UK's most complex and iconic buildings and infrastructure projects.
At the heart of our business is a commitment to transforming how projects are delivered. Through advanced offsite manufacturing, digital engineering, and Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA), we create safer, faster, and more efficient ways to build—reducing risk and improving certainty for our clients.
Our manufacturing division, CHtM, has pioneered modular building services for over 25 years and operates from a state-of-the-art facility in the West Midlands. From here, our highly skilled teams deliver high-quality, prefabricated solutions at scale—supporting accelerated project programmes without compromising on quality, safety, or performance.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Planner to join our growing team at our Oldbury facility. This role has been created to support continued business growth.As a Senior Planner, you will play a key role in ensuring that production is effectively planned, coordinated, and delivered in line with project and business requirements.
To plan, coordinate, and monitor production programmes and capacity, ensuring the effective use of labour, factory space, and overtime. You will help ensure projects are delivered efficiently, on time, and in line with operational goals.
What You'll Be Doing
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Review and interpret project programmes (modulogs) from the DfMA team, providing structured feedback aligned to factory capacity and lead times
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Develop and maintain detailed Gantt charts using Asta Powerproject
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Track progress against plan and report updates in daily operations meetings
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Produce weekly production plans outlining activities, timelines, and resource requirements
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Analyse long-term workload forecasts and integrate them into production planning
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Monitor outsourced work and provide recommendations on outsourcing levels
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Produce weekly dashboards highlighting risks, issues, and performance (BPR reporting)
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Act as a key link between production, estimating, engineering, and project teams
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Support the Senior Production Leader and deputise when required
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Use SAP data to support and inform planning activities
What We're Looking For
Essential Skills & Experience
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Proven experience in planning and a preference to within construction manufacturing facilities
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Advanced user of Asta Powerproject
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Strong Excel and data analysis skills
- Clear communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
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Strong problem-solving ability with a structured, logical approach
Desirable
Technical Capabilities
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Advanced: Asta Powerproject, Excel, data analysis, production planning
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Competent: SAP data review and interpretation
Qualifications
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Essential: Asta Powerproject trained and competent
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Desirable: Lean Manufacturing qualification, SAP training
Personal Attributes
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Highly organised with a structured approach to planning
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Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
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Resilient and able to manage competing priorities
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Effective communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders
About Us
Laing O'Rourke are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.
Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.
As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the ‘Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know if you would like to opt in to this scheme and let us know if you require any adjustments for the interview process.
We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email resourcingteam@laingorourke.com
