Job Title - PMO Scheduler Job Location - Tewkesbury, UK Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours considered and hybrid working available Job ID - 19554 About this opportunity and L3Harris UK From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide. L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Fleet are part of our ICI division, we work closely with UK Government and Security Agencies primarily in the areas of crypto/cyber security, electronic warfare, counter drone capabilities and situation awareness projects. The Project Scheduler/PMO Analyst is a pivotal role within our PMO, with responsibility to provide schedule expertise and deliver best practice, consistent and accurate project Schedules for L3Harris projects. This requires substantial liaison with Project Managers, Functional Managers, and other stakeholders. In addition taking ownership for specific project schedules as allocated. A few of our employee benefits are: - Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours considered and hybrid working where possible - Half day finish on a Friday - 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days - Private medical insurance with optional family cover - Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution - Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x) - Group income protection - Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme - Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support What the role will involve The responsibilities of your role will include the following: - Provide support to Project/Programme/Portfolio Managers in the production, review and assessment of L3Harris projects; plans, gate reviews, reports, issues, risks and changes. - Primary responsibility to provide schedule expertise and deliver best practice, consistent and accurate project Schedules for L3Harris projects. Ensuring all key items are accurately reflected in project schedules and corresponding resource plans, specifically: - Analysis and reporting - Analysing and reporting data to develop a complete and accurate picture that will inform decisions regarding the management, quality and control of projects. - Performance and Baseline management - Identifying, agreeing and implementing appropriate performance management techniques for the project. This includes identifying trends and deviations from the original plan and recommending appropriate corrective actions. - Schedule control - Identifying, applying and evaluating schedule control techniques, which support the management of progress against a timetable and consider factors such as limited resources and estimating uncertainty. - Cost control - Identifying, applying and evaluating costs to support the monitoring, managing and reporting of costs. - Quality control - identifying, applying and evaluating quality control techniques to support the monitoring and managing of quality. - Risk control - Identifying, applying and evaluating risk control techniques to inform the risk management process. - Change Control - Identifying and highlighting change, driving projects through the change management process. - Responsibility for planning and maintaining development schedules for specific project's as allocated. - Responsibility for compiling and circulating project metrics and PMO Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). - Support Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and analyse resource aggregations from current and forward schedules to drive efficient resource management. - Work with Functional Leads on a bi-weekly basis regarding resource allocations, providing collateral to support decision making. - Produce inputs and prepare presentations for the monthly Resource Review meeting and monthly Supply meeting. Provide analysis on the data changes month on month. - Support Internal and External Audits, demonstrating that the correct governance and assurance has been applied to projects. Additionally holding the responsibility for the record of approvals and maintaining the project management database with appropriate evidence. - Coordinate the Contract Acceptance process, working closely with PMs, Finance and Commercial to drive through the appropriate lifecycle gates and maintenance of business system data. - The role will also require preparation and guidance for Earned Value Management (EVM) and Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) on major programmes. What you'll bring The role requires the following experience and skills: Essential: - Previous project planning experience. - Demonstrable direct experience of project planning, costing, risk-management and change management including working within a Project Office environment. - Highly computer literate including MS Office and advanced user of MS Project - Strong interpersonal skills combined with experience of leading teams and managing relationships with all levels of the business. - Full project lifecycle experience including the practical and effective use of formal project and risk management tools and methodologies. - Knowledge of Earned Value management and Schedule Risk Analysis. Desirable : - Industry recognised Project Management qualification, such as APM - Defence industry and/or experience of an engineering organisation. - Experience of MS Server, SAP, SharePoint (and Power BI) Important to know Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks. As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris. LI-Hybrid SeniorSpecialist L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.