Senior Planner
Location: Stevenage
Department: Space Digital UK, US & Asia
Employment Type: Contract - 12 Month Rolling
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our client's team. In this role, you will support major programmes, growth projects, and strategic campaigns/bids within the Space Digital division, covering the UK, US, and Asia.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain top-level, lower-level, and Integrated Project Team (IPT) schedules.
- Analyse project costs and manage resource tracking in collaboration with the Project Manager.
- Track payment milestones and risk analysis.
- Implement change control processes.
- Support management with the consolidation of data, providing key reports and recommendations.
- Provide consolidated project reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to senior management.
- Create and maintain standardized templates for schedules and project reporting.
- Offer project administration support to the Project Manager and project team.
Key Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- Extensive experience in Project Management, including scheduling, logic checking, Earned Value, and Risk Management.
- Expertise in planning best practices, including logic linking, resource scheduling, schedule health checks, critical path analysis, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
- Strong contingency planning skills and experience in planning to stage boundaries.
- Solid understanding of Project Management methodologies.
- Proficient in MS Project Professional and Primavera P6 Professional.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must possess active or transferrable UK SC Security Clearance.
How to Apply:
If you are an experienced planner looking for an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in the space sector, we encourage you to apply today!