Project Planner

Project Planner

Location: Leiden

Duration: Initial contract for 12 months, long term rolling

Hours: 3 days per week onsite in Leiden

Imagine your next project creating planning discipline, schedule visibility, and readiness control across critical portfolio projects and a major site shutdown for a global leader in healthcare.

Project Planner supporting the EVM department at J&J Leiden, with primary focus on developing, maintaining and coordinating an integrated planning approach for EVM projects and the extended shutdown planned for late 2027.

The late-2027 extended shutdown is expected to require strong coordination across multiple EVM projects, EPCM partners, internal stakeholders and site functions. The role is intended to create planning discipline, schedule visibility and readiness control so that shutdown-related work can be prepared, sequenced, executed and tracked in a safe, compliant and efficient way.

roles and responsibilities.

• Build and maintain an integrated master schedule for shutdown-related EVM projects, including key milestones, dependencies, interfaces, constraints, long-lead activities and readiness gates.

• Work with Project Managers, Project Leads, EPCM partners, SMEs and Portfolio Manager to translate project plans into a clear cross-project planning baseline and look-ahead schedule.

• Coordinate shutdown planning input from Operations, EHS, Quality, Maintenance, Facilities, Automation, Utilities & Buildings, Equipment, Compliance and other involved stakeholders.

• Collect, track and structure shutdown-related requests, project activities, routine maintenance windows, contractor needs, permits, access constraints, system availability assumptions and handover/close-out requirements.

• Facilitate planning workshops, schedule review sessions, readiness reviews and coordination meetings before and during the shutdown preparation period.

• Identify schedule conflicts, resource bottlenecks, missing prerequisites, decision needs and planning risks early; escalate through the agreed EVM governance process when required.

• Support the preparation of shutdown execution packs, including daily/weekly work sequencing, permit/work package readiness, contractor coordination points and status reporting routines.

• Maintain planning data in agreed EVM portfolio/project tools, ensuring timely updates to schedule, milestones, dependencies, risk flags and progress status.

• Provide concise planning reports and dashboards to the Engineering Manager EVM, Portfolio Manager, Project Managers and governance forums, highlighting critical path, readiness status, upcoming decisions and recovery actions.

• Support project teams with planning standards, schedule quality checks, progress tracking and alignment between project schedules and the overall portfolio/shutdown plan.

• Coordinate with external contractors and EPCM planners/schedulers to ensure planning assumptions, sequencing and reporting are aligned and consistently followed.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of EVM project planning, capacity-driven delivery, stage-gate readiness and portfolio governance ways of working.

• Promote safe, compliant and inspection-ready execution by ensuring planning incorporates EHS, quality, permit, LOTOTO, MOC, AMM handover and documentation readiness requirements where applicable.

how to succeed.

• Experience in project planning, scheduling, work planning, shutdown/turnaround planning, maintenance planning, engineering planning or construction/project controls in a technical or regulated environment.

• Strong understanding of planning logic, dependencies, critical path, look-ahead planning, resource constraints, schedule risk and progress reporting.

• Ability to coordinate multiple stakeholders and contractors in a complex site environment with competing priorities and tight timelines.

• Good knowledge of project controls tools and MS Office; experience with planning/scheduling tools such as MS Project, Primavera P6, Excel, Monday.com or equivalent is preferred.

• Familiarity with CMMS/SAP, permit-to-work, maintenance planning, GMP, EHS and quality/compliance processes is an advantage.

• Strong communication, organization and follow-up skills; able to work independently while maintaining alignment with Project Managers and Portfolio Manager.

benefits.

This role offers a very competitive hourly rate. This contract will run for 12 months (long term rolling)

you are welcome here.

Johnson & Johnson is working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences are valued and each and every one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are.

about Johnson & Johnson

Caring for the world, one person at a time has inspired and united the people of Johnson & Johnson for over 130 years. As a skilled contractor, you’ll play a key part in the thinking, strategy, dynamism - and impact - of this iconic global healthcare company as they touch the lives of nearly a billion people every day. Contribute to the next healthcare breakthrough with your next project at Johnson & Johnson.

application process.

We are looking to process the first round of applications within the next 2 working days. We do not accept applications via email or LinkedIn InMail - you must apply direct to this advert.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

For more than 130 years, diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) have been part of our cultural fabric at Johnson & Johnson and woven into how we do business every day. Our commitment to respect the dignity and diversity of all is embedded in our Credo. We know that the success of our business depends on having the best talent in a workforce that reflects the diverse markets we serve around the world and an inclusive culture that values different perspectives and life experiences. That is why we are working to create an inclusive environment where diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences are valued and each one of our people feels that they belong and can reach their potential. No matter who they are. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Johnson & Johnson means “You Belong”.