Lead Project Planner

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Project Planner/Scheduler

Location: Frimley, New Malden, Broad Oak, Portsmouth, Cowes, Dorchester, Weymouth or Filton. We offer a range of full, part time or job share roles with hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for these roles

Salary: Up to £55,000 dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Using your range of skills, you will support the planning, monitoring and control of projects which will range in size and complexity
• Operating a project planning or scheduling system to work with stakeholders to resolve scheduling issues and formulate recovery / acceleration plans
• Support in the generation of project resource demand profiles
• Support the project team to analyse progress and identify schedule performance issues
• Manage the integration and involvement with internal and external stakeholders and projects across various levels

Your skills and experiences:

• You will need to have Planning/Scheduling experience demonstrated in a professional capacity in a project and within that, have an understanding of tools and techniques
• Have demonstrable knowledge and experience of applying and using integrated schedule tracking and reporting systems/processes
• Hold knowledge of cost control processes and the interface with scheduling
• Knowledge across the full project lifecycle from engineering through to manufacturing

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Project Team:

By joining the team, you will be working together and using world-class project control techniques to provide expertise with supporting Project Managers in the delivery of exciting and strategically important programmes within our Maritime & Land Sector businesses.

The business has a drive towards professionalism, this includes support towards Chartership and further career development.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 11th December 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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