Project Planner

Job title: Project Planner

Job location: Portchester, Hampshire

Job code: IMS

Applications will only be considered from applicants who are eligible to work in the UK.

Who are L3Harris ASV: We are a market leader in unmanned marine vehicle systems for a wide range of military and commercial applications. For military these include Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), and Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) for combat training. For commercial these include Oil and Gas Exploration and Construction, Oceanographic Data Collection, Hydrographic surveying and Environmental Surveys.

We are a rapidly growing business and our success is down to our people and the passion they have for our business and industry. So, if you are a team player, adaptable, relish solving difficult problems and want to work for a company that values expertise and integrity then L3Harris ASV is for you.

What we can offer you: A flexible / hybrid working environment, flexi time, the support to grow and develop your career, a company with purpose and vision, a family culture, a generous benefits package that works around your lifestyle and the opportunity to work with cool technology in a disruptive market.

The role: We are currently looking for an experienced Project Planner / Scheduler to join our growing team based in Portchester.

Reporting to the Programme Manager, the Project Planner will provide expertise to support a robust project schedule, together with supporting Project Managers to align other new projects and existing projects across the portfolio.

This is a fast paced and hands on project role where no two days are the same You will need to have a solid background in planning, scheduling and project control with an appreciation of the complex nature surrounding engineering project delivery.

Role responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Constructing robust, structured MS Project plans in conjunction with Project Managers and Control Account Managers, monitoring and maintaining on a regular weekly cycle.
• Ensure all plans contain robust cost information including labour requirements and material costs.
• Working with the Project Managers & Control Account Managers to regularly obtain estimate to completion data and reflecting this data within the relevant plans/schedules.
• Generating a consistent approach to project planning across the project portfolio with implementation of common templates and formats.
• Working with the Projects team, implementing and managing a baseline control process across all projects and ensuring all schedules are updated to reflect approved baseline changes.
• Collecting, correlating and evaluating project progress data to ensure project progress can be measured against the project schedule.
• Summarising and communicating key schedule output and KPIs to the relevant Project Manager including movement to key activities / milestones, critical path, schedule and cost risk.
• Developing and reporting trend analysis against key programme metrics.
• Working with all key stakeholders and utilising individual project schedules to create a Master Schedule providing a top-level view of key events, project interdependencies and resource demands.
• Supporting the team with a drive to improve project forecasting accuracy.

Essential Skills / Qualifications / Experience:

• Good all-round knowledge of Excel and MS Project.
• Significant relatable experience in a project planning role.
• Demonstratable knowledge and experience of robust project planning techniques, approaches
• and processes.
• Strong people management, communication and organisational skills demonstrable within a project planning / delivery scenario.
• Critical thinker.
• Adaptable approach to work.
• Highly motivated.

Desirable Skills / Qualifications / Experience:

• Formally accredited Project Management qualification e.g. APM/Prince 2/PMI or equivalent.
• Experience as a planner/scheduler within the marine engineering discipline.
• Previous experience of setting up and maintaining an integrated master schedule encompassing multiple related projects.
• Use of Jira within a project environment.

Please can you let us know on your application your current notice period and salary expectations.

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