Senior Planner

**Senior Planner - Inside IR35**

**Contract Term: 6 months**

**Contracting Authority: AWE**

**Location: Hybrid Working (2-3 days per week office based - Aldermaston, Reading)**

What if you could work on something that you can’t testbut cannot afford to fail? Something that could have spent years on a submarine, is launched into outer space (where the temperature is below -250c), comes hurtling through the atmosphere, being heated up and shaken and then must work? Some challenge.

That’s exactly what the team of over 6,500 people at AWE do every day: delivering important work, in support of the most important mission - keeping the nation safe.

AWE plays a crucial role in national nuclear security. Their role in nuclear deterrence and their specialist technical assistance to nuclear threat reduction is vital in the defence against the most serious threats faced by the UK. Working to support the defence of our country, AWE has a clear mission: to keep everyone, the environment, their products and information, sites, and everything around them, safe and secure.

**Job Purpose**:
You will be part of the PMO Integrated Environment Tools and Systems Workstream leadership Team

contributing to the definition of P3M’s technical strategy for IT infrastructure and tools and support its implementation in order to embrace best practice and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Programme delivery and PMO support including benefits definition and business case production.

You will work with stakeholders to analyse P3M Business context and derive the Technology Architecture future state. This includes:
Defining the requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for P3M.
Drive innovation by leveraging new technologies and approaches to transform the existing programme delivery.
Contributes to the planning and managing of the programme of maintenance, upgrades and renewals

Collaborate with the IS Function to ensure alignment and compliance with the Enterprise architecture and coordinate and prioritise implementation activities
Contribute to the development and roll-out of training requirements for tools & systems

**As a Senior Planner, your main responsibilities would be**:

- Providing Planning expertise to internal customers within the projects supported.

Implementing Planning processes, policies and procedures within the projects supported.
- Producing Planning and EV deliverables in accordance with agreed business rhythm within the projects.
- Delivery of long range operational integrated Programme Planning activities.

Supporting the Business Management Manager with emergent projects as directed by Business Controller.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with and awareness of key project stakeholders.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
- Delivering Project Controls Planning and EVM expertise and analysis for projects, to produce accurate and timely schedule forecast information to enable business decision-making.
- Quality of EV variance analysis for schedule performance. (SPI)
- Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the end-to-end Planning processes and the production and maintenance of associated policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Supporting the delivery of Planning tools and EVMS, templates and training to internal customers.
- Reviewing project WBS and agreeing / recommending changes to the Project’s Control Manager.
- Providing Planning expertise to internal customers within the projects supported.

Implementing Planning processes, policies and procedures within the projects supported.
- Producing Planning and EV deliverables in accordance with agreed business rhythm within the projects.
- Delivery of long range operational integrated Programme Planning activities.

Supporting the Business Management Manager with emergent projects as directed by Business Controller.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with and awareness of key project stakeholders.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality and be a great team player.
- Delivering Project Controls Planning and EVM expertise and analysis for projects, to produce accurate and timely schedule forecast information to enable business decision-making.
- Quality of EV variance analysis for schedule performance. (SPI)
- Supporting the development and continuous improvement of the end-to-end Planning processes and the production and maintenance of associated policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Supporting the delivery of Planning tools and EVMS, templates and training to internal customers.
- Reviewing project WBS and agreeing / recommending changes to the Project’s Control Manager.
- Provision of Planning resource for peer reviews as appropriate.

**You’ll have**:

- Experience as a Planning SME
- Experienced in Primavera P6
- Experience i