Project Planner

7 months ago

Abingdon, United Kingdom Investing in Women Full time

By 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.

Our client leads the way in realising fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Their goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow's power stations. In pursuit of their mission, they embrace core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.

**As an employee, you will benefit from**:

- Outstanding pension scheme
- Corporate bonus scheme
- Flexible working options
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Wide range of career development opportunities
- A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive.
- This role requires employees to complete a standard security check.

**The Role**

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join their team and contribute to the future of fusion energy. As a Project Planner, you will work closely with key stakeholders to ensure that all aspects of a project are defined. You will work closely with a project manager to provide clarity on when and how project activities to achieve key milestones will be sequenced. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring that project outcomes can be achieved and the resources required are appropriately accounted for. You will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely production of project plans for project boards and key meetings with external stakeholders. Project planners at this level will lead medium-complexity projects within a broader programme and may be tasked with managing a small team of project planners.

**Additional Responsibilities**:

- Provide guidance and advice to the project manager on the appropriate planning approach, tools, and processes to be used based on the project requirements.
- Identify future project capacity and capability needs and put in place strategies to meet these.
- Analyse performance data, providing key inputs to relevant meetings, such as project boards, quarterly review meetings etc. Look at trends to identify areas for improvement or collaboration and use appropriate tools and/or approaches to address these.
- Contribute to and facilitate improvements in planning and project management approaches by collaborating and networking with other departmental and section managers and other P3M professionals.

You may be working on projects related to various research areas but will not have an active role in this area.

**Qualifications**

**Essential Requirements**:

- **Expert Project Management Skills**: Looking for individuals with in-depth experience in implementing and executing project planning processes, skilled in crafting detailed project plans, work breakdown structures, and identifying critical paths to ensure project success.
- **Technical Proficiency**: Requires experience in using Primavera or Microsoft Project, with a strong foundation in project planning or project control processes. An ability to quickly absorb and understand technical information is an advantage.

**Additional Information**.

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: £46,000.00-£47,000.00 per year

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Abingdon

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