Our esteemed client, a trusted partner of the UK Ministry of Defence, is seeking to achieve key objectives through best practice project planning. This involves collaborating with the Business Performance Management Team and Technical Teams to develop, deploy, and manage the Primavera Integrated Plan Network. The role also includes promoting and upholding the company's high standards of planning and scheduling.
Key Responsibilities
* Schedule Status Updates & Assessment: Leading the validation of project-level schedules to ensure accuracy, coherence, and alignment with programme planning principles.
* Project Health: Validating individual project assessments and identifying issues and risks for discussion with the project team.
* Integrated Baseline Management: Supporting the creation and maintenance of the integrated baseline schedule to successfully deliver the programme in accordance with planning principles.
* Costs to Go (and associated EAC): Validating project-level costs to ensure accuracy and appropriateness, including assessing outlying forecasts to support the EAC.
* Risk and Opportunity Management: Contributing to the generation of schedule risk analysis across projects where appropriate.
* New Business: Actively participating in bid team activities, ensuring project schedule and control are appropriately considered and implemented.
If you are passionate about driving excellence and innovation in project planning, finance and scheduling, we want to hear from you!
What do you need?
* Extensive Planning Experience: Proficient in detailed planning and summary-level milestone delivery plans.
* Project Structure Expertise: Skilled in creating and maintaining project structures, including WBS, CBS, and OBS.
* Performance Data Analysis: Experienced in generating and analysing project performance data, encompassing schedule, resource, and cost metrics.
* Critical Path Analysis: Capable of performing and analysing critical path analysis to ensure project success.
* Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action: Motivated to determine root causes and identify corrective actions.
* Project Management Toolsets: Experienced with project management tools such as Primavera, SAP, and ARM.
* Baseline Management and Change Control: Knowledgeable in baseline management and change control processes.
* Project Data Accountability: Responsible for the quality of project control reporting suite.
* Influence and Collaboration: Ability to influence, work independently, and be part of an integrated multi-functional team.
* Clear Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills with the ability to foster collaborative working relationships at all levels.
* Workload Prioritization: Adept at prioritizing workload and managing conflicting demands.
What happens now?
Upon submission of your application, should it meet our selection criteria, you will be contacted via e-mail by one of our talent acquisition specialists to arrange a screening call. This telephone chat is structured to explore a series of questions aimed at matching your competencies and capabilities to the specific demands of the position. Please note, this screening is contingent upon the initial success of your application.
Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship
Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.
More About The Role
For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.
This role is based in Bristol, at one of their state-of-the-art sites that plays a crucial role in missile operations. The location boasts excellent transportation links, outstanding learning and development opportunities, and a variety of social, charitable, and sporting activities.
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