Project Planner

MERITUS are recruiting for an Project PLanner to join our client in Oxford on an initial 6 month contract to work within the Aerospace industry. PLEASE NOTE: This is an ONSITE role and canddiates must be elegible for SC clearance

Project Planner - INSIDE IR35 - 46.30 PER HOUR - 6 MONTHS - AEROSPACE - OXFORD - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Customisation and Development departments to create and maintain resourced project plans, ensuring compliance to project control standards and procedures.
• Be proactive in the monitoring of progress against plans and develop recovery strategies as necessary, escalating to the Project Manager where required.
• Provide timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of progress against project plans to the PMO Manager / Project Managers.
• Provide assurance that change control, risk management and cost controlling procedures are being followed by the Project Managers.
• Participate in and facilitate the planning and preparation of project management events and workshops.
• Take the lead on projects to determine the future Project Planning Tools & Procedures within the PMO.

Essential Requirements:

• In depth knowledge of project planning tools including P6 (current tool), MS Project (back-up option) and Google based planning tools (future).
• Knowledge of full project development lifecycle including formal gate reviews.
• Experience of managing Design disciplines to develop and maintain resourced project plans
• Understanding of Work Breakdown Structures, Level of Effort, Cost & Schedule Variance, and Cost Management reporting.
• Experience of compiling and updating Gantt Charts, understanding Critical Path Analysis.
• Experience of Resource Allocation and Resource Capacity Planning.
• Experience of standard reporting metrics including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Appreciation of Risk Management in projects.
• Able to prioritise complex work within constrained timelines.
• Strong skills with Google suite of programmes.

Education, Qualifications or Training Essential

• Experience in delivering robust project planning as part of an engineering based PMO organisation.
• A recognised qualification in Project Management, such as AMPMP or PRINCE2 or equivalent experience.
• Excellent organisational skills and time management.
• Very good leadership and team building ability.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, and an excellent communicator at all levels