Project Planner

Empresaria Solutions Limited; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

Role Overview

We are looking for an Integrated Planning Manager / Project Planner to join one of the clients in Defence & Space based in Stevenage. You will support the major programmes, growth projects and strategic campaigns/bids within Space Digital UK, US & Asia.

Responsibilities

• Creation, maintenance and timely delivery of the top level and lower level schedules, and Integrated Project Team (IPT) schedules

• Analysing project costs versus project forward load in conjunction with resource tracking/management on behalf of the Project Manager

• Payment Milestone tracking

• Risk analysis tracking

• Change Control

• Support management consolidation, judgement, recommendations and the timely provision of all necessary management data and reporting information

• Provide consolidated project reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to senior management including special focus reports as required

• Create and maintain standardised templates for schedules and project reporting

• Project administration support to the Project Manager and the project team

Skill Set

Essential

• Experienced in working within a Project Management, including scheduling, logic checking, Earned Value and Risk Management

• Knowledge of planning best practice, e.g. logic linking/dependencies, resource scheduling, performing schedule health checks, critical Path Analysis, and work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

• Planning to stage boundaries – contingency planning

• Good knowledge/understanding of Project Management methodologies.

• Excellent knowledge and proficient use of both MS Project Professional & Primavera P6

Professional

The successful candidate will need to have active or transferrable UK SC Security Clearance to undertake the role.