Lead Project Planner - Planning, Scheduling, MS Project/P6, EVM, Risk Management

Are you a Senior Project Planner with expertise in creating and managing project schedules across all stages of the project lifecycle? Do you thrive in complex project environments involving numerous dependencies, multiple departments, and high-value budgets exceeding £1 million?

Are you interested in contributing to the delivery of exciting and strategically important programs within the UK defence sector across both Maritime & Land domains?

If so - I am keen to hear from you!

My client, a multinational defence company, are seeking several Lead Project Planners/Schedulers to join the business in a permanent, to support Project Managers, using world-class project control techniques, in the delivery of exciting and strategically important programmes across their Maritime & Land businesses.

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

These positions will be based out of my clients busy and secure site in Portsmouth, with a Hybrid Working arrangement of 2-3 days a week onsite.

Successful candidates will need to hold SC-level security clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the vetting process to achieve this.

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

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