Amentum is a premier global technical and engineering services partner. We draw from a century-old heritage of operational excellence, mission focus, and successful execution underpinned by a strong culture of safety and ethics.
We are now recruiting for a Lead Planning Engineer to join us permanently on our major project located near Reading.
Job Summary:
The Lead Planning Engineer is responsible for managing the Planning team, delivering the schedule development, reporting, updating and maintenance services to Programmes and Projects.
The Lead Planning Engineer will provide a service to 1 or more projects and/or programmes for the Amentum E&E (UK) business unit.
Responsibilities Include:
* Ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of data communicated and reported to all Stakeholders.
* Highlighting or escalating any issues as appropriate, through the Project Controls Management structure.
* Actively contribute to continuous improvement of the functional quality and performance of Project Controls.
* Managing, mentoring, and coaching the Planning delivery teams.
* Managing the delivery team in the preparation of baselines during all project phases.
* Managing the delivery team in the creation of time-phased schedules.
* Managing the delivery team in the preparation, monitoring, and forecasting of schedule activities within the Work breakdown structure and project end date.
* Managing the delivery team in the preparation, monitoring, and forecasting against the baseline and working schedules during all the project phases.
* Managing the delivery team in the establishment and maintenance of a Basis of Schedule for all schedules produced.
* Ensuring all applicable schedule activities have rules of credit and quantity tracking mechanisms established and maintained to enable trend identification and support feedback of schedule norms.
* Maintaining the planning databases and validate the information across planning systems.
* Providing support to the Commercial team with approval of contractor schedules and applications for payment relating to milestones.
* Managing the delivery team in the provision of required information to support the risk process.
* Implementing the project variation and change control processes and track use of contingency.
* Generating and implementing change control requests.
* Managing the delivery team in the preparation of schedule reports, including earned value analysis, identifying critical areas and trends and recommend recovery options/plans.
Minimum Requirements:
Education/Experience:
* Essential: Relevant qualifications or demonstrated equivalent experience.
* Experience: 10+ years’ experience working in a project delivery environment ideally in the nuclear sector or a similar highly regulated sector.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Preferred: Professional membership of a relevant chartered body.
* Preferred: Trained in an appropriate Project management qualification.
Currently hold SC or prepared to go through the SC process.
Amentum are an equal opportunities employer.
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