Project Planner/Controller in Luton, Bedfordshire

Job title - Project Planner/Controller
Location - 30 minutes from Luton
Duration - 12 months, likely to be extended
Pay rate - Up to £49 umbrella

DUE TO THIS ROLE BEING IN THE DEFENCE INDUSTRY, YOU WILL NEED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR SECURITY CLEARANCE AND RESIDE IN THE UK.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our largest defence company in the UK!

Overview of department:
The role of the Project Planner is to deliver the following key objectives, through ownership and provision of best practice Project Planning to their respective sector / project team; Working in collaboration and support of the Business Performance Management Team and the Technical Teams, responsible for the development, deployment and ongoing management of the Primavera Integrated Plan Network Practising, promoting and upholding the company standard of Planning and Scheduling.

Responsibilities:
* Analysing ongoing progress and performance, assessing this against contractual and internal targets - determining variance and its respective causes.
* Preparing reports and recommending actions to maintain and or improve progress.
* Establish and Initiate the Sector / Projects Overall Project Schedule and ensure it is Deployed and maintained to the Company Standard.
* Support the development of Planning Skills across the Project Team, Coaching Engineering, Production and Project Management team members in best practice Planning and Scheduling.
* Integrate all Work package plans and ensure they are fully integrated to achieve an overall network to the company standard Deploy, Manage and Maintain the Projects Performance Measurement Baseline.
* Support the Work package teams updating their plans on a monthly basis.
* Produce, Distribute and Report Project Schedule Data as Requirement, advising on conflicts and corrective actions.
* Manage the Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology and apply when Requirement.
* Manage and the Project Critical Path Analysis Process to the company standard.
* Foster good working relationships with engineers and the broader community to be able to embed the company's project control standards, systems and methods delivering accurate and quality project performance status data in a timely manner.

Skillset/experience required:
* Possess a high level of competence and experience with Primavera and SAP PS and with industry standard computing applications (specifically spreadsheets).
* Hold durable communication skills, capable of working in large teams with a complexity of skills (Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Project Management, etc)
* possess the appeal of working in a multicultural pan-European environment.
* Have a proven level of Commercial and Financial management experience.
* A proactive team player who can inspire others who is assertive and possesses strong negotiation and arbitration skills.

If you think this may be the role for you, please get in touch!

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.