Senior Planner

Morson Talent is proud to partner with a leading client in the Stevenage area to recruit their next Senior Planner. Job Title: Senior Planner Duration: 12 Months Location: Stevenage SG1 2AS Up To £30.23 Per Hour PAYE Up To £40 Per Hour Umbrella Role Overview You will support the major programmes, growth projects and strategic campaigns/bids within Space Digital UK, US & Asia. Responsibilities • Creation, maintenance and timely delivery of the top level and lower level schedules, and Integrated Project Team (IPT) schedules • Analysing project costs versus project forward load in conjunction with resource tracking / management on behalf of the Project Manager • Payment Milestone tracking • Risk analysis tracking • Change Control • Support management consolidation, judgement, recommendations and the timely provision of all necessary management data and reporting information • Provide consolidated project reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to senior management including special focus reports as required • Create and maintain standardised templates for schedules and project reporting • Project administration support to the Project Manager and the project team Skill Set Essential • Experienced in working within a Project Management, including scheduling, logic checking, Earned Value and Risk Management • Knowledge of planning best practice, e.g. logic linking/dependencies, resource scheduling, preforming schedule health checks, critical Path Analysis, and work Breakdown Structure (WBS) • Planning to stage boundaries – contingency planning • Good knowledge/understanding of Project Management methodologies. • Excellent knowledge and proficient use of both MS Project Professional & Primavera P6 Professional The successful candidate will need to have active or transferrable UK SC Security Clearance to undertake the role.