Senior Project Planner

Company description:

At NKT in Karlskrona, we develop and manufacture high voltage power cables that enable the transition to renewable energy. Here, you will be part of an international engineering centre with advanced high voltage test halls, modern cable production and the cable laying vessel NKT Victoria. As Connectors, we collaborate to develop innovative technology that connects a greener and more sustainable world. NKT is headquartered in Denmark and operates in more than 30 countries.NKT - We connect a greener world. www.NKT.com.

Job description:

Plan and deliver complex international project schedules

Are you an experienced project planner who enjoys working with large-scale projects from tender phase through execution to completion? As a Senior Project Planner at NKT, you will play a key role in planning, monitoring, and reporting across complex projects that support the green transition. Working closely with international teams, clients, and project stakeholders, you will help ensure transparent and reliable project execution. Would you like to contribute to some of the infrastructure projects shaping a more sustainable future?

Coordinate planning across major project phases

As Senior Project Planner, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and optimising integrated project schedules covering the full project lifecycle. You will work closely with project teams, clients, subcontractors, and management to provide clear visibility of project progress and support informed decision-making through accurate planning and reporting.

Your responsibility will be to:

• • Develop and maintain integrated project schedules in Primavera P6 from tender to project completion

• • Monitor project progress, identify schedule risks and support mitigation activities

• • Coordinate planning activities across subcontractors, suppliers, manufacturing, installation and commissioning

• • Prepare planning reports, dashboards, S-curves, milestone analyses and executive summaries

• • Support contract and project management teams with delay assessments, claims support and schedule analysis

The position is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. You will collaborate with international teams and be expected to travel for client meetings, site visits, and department activities held in Karlskrona.

Structured planner with collaborative stakeholder approach

You are a structured and proactive person who enjoys balancing detailed analysis with collaboration across different functions and cultures. You communicate clearly, build positive working relationships, and are comfortable discussing different perspectives to support well-founded project decisions. You take ownership of your work, maintain a methodical approach, and keep focus on quality and accuracy.

You also have:

• • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related discipline

• • Extensive experience in project planning within large project environments

• • Advanced knowledge of Primavera P6

• • Experience with project reporting and data visualisation tools such as Power BI

• • Professional fluency in English, written and spoken

• • Experience from renewable energy, offshore wind, submarine cable, oil & gas, EPC or large infrastructure projects is considered advantageous