Project Planning and Scheduling Discipline Lead
Location: Bristol, GB, BS3 2HQ
Onsite or Hybrid: Hybrid
Job Title: Project Planning and Scheduling Discipline Lead
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF63226
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Planning and Scheduling Discipline Lead at our Ashton Vale, Bristol site.
The Role
As a Project Planning and Scheduling Discipline Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This role creates an exciting challenge to the successful candidate, providing them with the opportunity to shape a new role in a new organisational structure and to take a leading role in the business.
Day-to-day, you’ll work with the other Discipline Leads to ensure best practice approaches, governance and techniques, in line with Group policies, are embedded as part of our local operating models and project delivery lifecycle – focusing on instilling strong foundations and forward looking, proactive approaches to delivery.
* Responsible for supporting the integration of new enterprise level planning & scheduling management toolsets, ensuring standardised and co-ordinate use across the entire portfolio.
* Also, you will be responsible for leading the community of individuals specialised in planning & scheduling, including professional development, mentoring and coaching.
* Work with the Operations Lead to generate a pipeline of suitably qualified and experienced planning & scheduling professionals in line with related delivery demand across the portfolio.
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with up to 2 days onsite and 3 days working from home.
Essential Experience of the Project Planning and Scheduling Discipline Lead
* Significant experience of project planning & scheduling management, control techniques and approaches.
* Significant experience in the use, administration and database maintenance of scheduling toolsets such as P6 (preferred) and MSP.
* Comprehensive experience of delivering/leading planning & scheduling management within projects and programmes for large and technically complex equipment or system delivery contracts.
* Experience of using, or working alongside, related Project Controls software tools (or similar) such as Active Risk Manager, RiskHive, Deltec Cobra, Safran or Primavera Risk Analyser etc.
* Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to interact successfully at all levels.
Qualifications for the Project Planning and Scheduling Discipline Lead
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. However, the successful candidate will be able to start on Standard (BPPS) security clearance but will need to obtain Security Check (SC) security clearance once in post.
What We Offer
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
* Employee share scheme
* Employee shopping savings portal
* Payment of Professional Fees
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
* Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
* Flexible working – we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing Date: 07/04/2025
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