What you'll do
- Develop, maintain, and optimize integrated project schedules for pilot and large-scale facilities
- Establish and monitor project baselines, milestones, critical paths, and controls processes
- Use Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent to manage schedules, dependencies, resources, and priorities
- Monitor project progress against scope, budget, and timelines, recommending corrective actions
- Support CAPEX planning, forecasting, and cost control throughout the project lifecycle
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners for timely project execution
- Manage project governance, prepare dashboards, progress reports, and executive presentations
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks related to schedule, cost, and execution
- Drive formal change management processes and evaluate impacts on scope, schedule, and budget
- Escalate critical issues and propose recovery plans to protect project objectives
- Support contractor and EPC performance monitoring via structured reporting and milestone tracking
- Ensure schedule integrity and alignment across FEED, EPC, construction, and commissioning phases
- Participate in project reviews and provide accurate performance data to senior leadership
- Maintain project documentation and ensure compliance with governance standards
- Contribute to continuous improvement of planning, controls, and reporting methods
- Capture lessons learned and support development of best practices for future projects
Key requirements
- 6+ years' experience
- Project planning and scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or MS Project
- Project controls including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change management
- Analytical and reporting skills with project governance knowledge
- CAPEX planning, forecasting, and cost control expertise
- Stakeholder management and communication skills
- Organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
- Experience with project lifecycle phases including FEED, EPC, construction, and commissioning
- Proficiency in MS Office applications
- Engineeringpreferred
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration package, Ticket Restaurant Card, Group Health Insurance Plan, Preferential household electricity plan, Pension Plan.
About the job
We are currently looking for a Senior Project Planner to join our Circular Metals team, based in Sindos, Greece.
By joining this role, you’ll play a critical role in planning, coordinating, and controlling the successful delivery of strategic industrial projects, ensuring alignment with project timelines, budgets, governance requirements, and operational objectives.
Your role will encompass:
• Developing, maintaining, and optimizing integrated project schedules for both the Pilot Plant and future large-scale industrial facilities.
• Establishing and monitoring project baselines, milestones, critical paths, and project controls processes.
• Utilizing project planning tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent) to manage schedules, dependencies, resources, and project priorities.
• Monitoring project progress against approved scope, budget, and timelines, identifying deviations and recommending corrective actions.
• Supporting CAPEX planning, forecasting, and cost control activities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinating engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations, R&D, finance, and external partners to ensure timely project execution.
• Managing project governance processes, preparing dashboards, progress reports, and executive-level presentations.
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks related to schedule, cost, technical execution, and contractor performance.
• Driving formal change management processes and evaluating the impact of scope, schedule, and budget changes.
• Escalating critical project issues and proposing recovery plans to safeguard project objectives.
• Supporting contractor and EPC performance monitoring through structured reporting and milestone tracking.
• Ensuring schedule integrity and alignment across all project phases, including FEED, EPC, construction, and commissioning.
• Participating in project reviews and providing accurate project performance data to senior leadership.
• Maintaining project documentation and ensuring compliance with internal governance standards.
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of project planning, controls, and reporting methodologies across the organization.
• Capturing lessons learned and supporting the development of best practices for future industrial projects.
What you bring to the role:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Civil, Industrial, or related field).
• 6+ years of experience in project planning and project controls within industrial, infrastructure, energy, mining, metals, chemical, or EPC environments.
• Proven experience across the full project lifecycle, including FEED, EPC, construction, and commissioning phases.
• Strong knowledge of project planning and scheduling tools (Primavera P6, MS Project, or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of project controls, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and change management.
• Excellent analytical, reporting, and project governance skills.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Fluency in English (verbal and written).
Considered an asset:
• Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
• Experience in large-scale industrial plant construction projects.
• Familiarity with business process improvement methodologies and project management best practices.
Share the same Value Based Behaviors:
• People & Personal Growth
• Results Orientation & Safety Excellence
• Collaboration & Trust
• Empathy & Effective Communication
• Flexibility & Adaptability
Your Benefits:
• Competitive remuneration package
• Ticket Restaurant Card
• Group Health Insurance Plan
• Preferential household electricity plan
• Pension Plan
About the company
As one of Greece’s largest Heavy Industries Companies, Metlen provides more than 4,820 direct and indirect jobs, creating a work environment characterised by job security, equality, stability and employee commitment to the corporate values.
The human resources of the Company comprise highly skilled and trained people active in various sectors and disciplines.
In Metlen we seek to treat our people in a responsible and consistent manner and to remain their first choice of employer throughout the course of their careers. We are standing by our people and we take concrete steps to support their professional development.
Corporate Culture
The corporate culture of Metlen is the element that ensures cohesion and consensus in the efforts to realize the Company's vision, and is present across all the levels of the workforce – from the top management down to the production line.
The core priority of the corporate culture is to invest constantly in the human capital, which is the Company's driving force.
To this end:
- We focus on attracting and retaining competent professionals, whose values and principles are aligned with those of the Company
- We put to good use the potential of our people and we seek to provide them with tools and opportunities to help them develop their skills and support their professional development within the Company
- We encourage innovation, initiative, learning and diversity
- We recognise the importance that maintaining a balance between professional and personal life has for our employees
- We keep in place a set of corporate values that promote business excellence and social responsibility
About the company
As one of Greece’s largest Heavy Industries Companies, Metlen provides more than 4,820 direct and indirect jobs, creating a work environment characterised by job security, equality, stability and employee commitment to the corporate values.
The human resources of the Company comprise highly skilled and trained people active in various sectors and disciplines.
In Metlen we seek to treat our people in a responsible and consistent manner and to remain their first choice of employer throughout the course of their careers. We are standing by our people and we take concrete steps to support their professional development.
Corporate Culture
The corporate culture of Metlen is the element that ensures cohesion and consensus in the efforts to realize the Company's vision, and is present across all the levels of the workforce – from the top management down to the production line.
The core priority of the corporate culture is to invest constantly in the human capital, which is the Company's driving force.
To this end:
- We focus on attracting and retaining competent professionals, whose values and principles are aligned with those of the Company
- We put to good use the potential of our people and we seek to provide them with tools and opportunities to help them develop their skills and support their professional development within the Company
- We encourage innovation, initiative, learning and diversity
- We recognise the importance that maintaining a balance between professional and personal life has for our employees
- We keep in place a set of corporate values that promote business excellence and social responsibility