P6 Project Planner

5 days ago

Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom BAE Systems Full time

*Job Title:*
P6 Project Planner

*Location:*
Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

*Salary:*
£40,748+ depending on skills & experience

What You'll Be Doing

  • Collaborating daily with programme stakeholder groups to develop the class schedule to meet customer requirements within multiple areas
  • Creating P6 schedules and supporting documentation
  • Using complex data and schedules to create presentations for audiences at different levels
  • Developing and implementing appropriately tailored planning practices
  • Manage the interfacing and reporting of the whole programme status internally
  • Driving quality improvements into the build and test schedules
  • Be responsible for coaching members of the team, monitoring their quality of work and contributing to performance management

Essential
*Your skills and experience:*

  • Good Primavera P6 knowledge and experience
  • Experience of planning on major projects
  • Proficient with the use of MS Office, particularly Excel

Desirable

  • Previous experience presenting data
  • Recognised Project Management qualification (e.g. APMQ or Prince2)

Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Build, Test & Commissioning Team
This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team with progression opportunities as the Programme matures. You will use your knowledge and experience to support the creation of the schedule project structure and drive improvement with the programme schedules. This role is embedded in the development phase and will transition with the maturity of the programme. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

*Why BAE Systems?*
This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

*Closing date:*
8th January 2026.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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