Project Planner
Company Description
AFRY is a European leader in engineering, design, and advisory services, with a global reach. We accelerate the transition towards a sustainable society. We are 19,000 devoted experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalization, creating sustainable solutions for generations to come.
Making Future
Job Description
Process Industries Division is now looking for an experienced Project Planner to enforce its Project Controls team. As a planner, you develop and maintain project schedules in various projects and stages from sales proposal to execution project. You work side by side with project management to execute project planning in the most efficient way including typically:
Setting up the project schedule development and control as well as progress reporting in all types of projects
Working with the project team to develop the baseline schedule
tracking project deliverables progress, calculating the progress, forecasting the Future
Communicating the schedule status and reporting deviations
Proactively managing the scheduling process including identifying critical timelines
Actively engaging with project team and relevant customer representatives as well as other stakeholders
Besides the standard project objectives, you constantly aim to achieve set targets through proactive collaboration with all project stakeholders.
Qualifications
The person we are looking for has:
Degree in Engineering in a relevant field
Good command of scheduling tools such as MS Project and Primavera
Full professional proficiency in Finnish and English.
Experience in industrial project planning for engineering, procurement and construction
In addition, we appreciate:
Ability to develop schedules from first principles as well as critical integration of contractors’ schedules
Ability to identify bottlenecks on the project looking at the schedule and advise the project team accordingly
Good knowledge and direct experience in execution scheduling at the construction site
Excellent leadership, communication and inter-personal skills to ensure smooth communication with client’s organization and within the project team
Good command of data analytics and visualization tools
Strong self-leadership skills, proactive and persistent attitude, hands-on mentality and desire to further develop in your role and grow within the team
Readiness to travel and relocate
We provide you with a variety of interesting tasks and great opportunities to deepen your expertise in a specific field or widen your knowledge into new areas, according to your own interests. We support your career development and professional growth. We offer a position in a stable company where new ideas are encouraged and innovations are taken forward. You will work in a stimulating global environment with pleasant co-workers and team’s full support.
Our work is demanding, but it is accompanied by freedom – freedom to develop and learn, and to combine professional and private life into a fulfilling match.
Your primary place of work is in Vantaa. AFRY supports a hybrid work model.
Additional Information
Why AFRY?
As a stable and growing company, we provide you with a variety of opportunities to develop yourself. At AFRY, you will have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge to new areas according to your interests and get to work together with the top experts in dynamic and international project environment.
At AFRY we build sustainable future together and develop sustainable solutions that serve not only our clients but also society. The work at AFRY is versatile, interesting and challenging but at the same flexible, allowing you to take care of your work-life balance. We apply flexible working in a hybrid model where possible, taking into account project needs.
We strive to include all new employees to our work community from the first day at AFRY. We are brave, devoted team players, and we wish that you have the same mindset.
Would you like to read more about your future colleagues’ careers? Get to know them on our web page: https://afry.com/en/join-us/get-know-us
Benefits at AFRY
All AFRY employees are supported with lunch, exercise, culture, wellness and commuting benefit. AFRY employees are insured by private accident insurance when working remotely and in spare time. Employees have possibility to receive help for taking care of a sick child at home. The team player spirit strengthens also in hobby clubs, in which employees spend time together. Depending on the office location there are cross fit classes, golf clubs and board game clubs. We also encourage our employees to commute by bike. Morning porridge is offered to all cyclists.
Sustainability at AFRY
Sustainability and creating sustainable solutions are at the core of AFRY’s business strategy and all of our operations. By combining the latest technologies and the top expertise of our employees, we create sustainable business to our clients. Read more about sustainability at AFRY: https://afry.com/en/insights/sustainability
Interested?
You can ask for more detailed information from Group Manager, Schedule Management, Roosa Juup, 0443435928, 6.11.2026 and 13.11.2026 at 12-16 and/or [email protected].
Please send your application and CV with salary request by Tuesday 17.11.2026. Please note that we will begin conducting interviews during the application period and will make selections as soon as we find a suitable candidate.
At AFRY, we engineer change in everything we do. Change happens when brave ideas come together. When we collaborate, innovate technology, and embrace challenging points of view. That’s how we're making future. We are actively looking for qualified candidates to join our inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. Join us in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable future.
