Project Planning Apprentice

**Project Planning Apprentice**

**Location**:Westlake’s, Cumbria

**Job type**:Permanent / Full time

**Salary**:Competitive

Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company for safety-related and mission critical systems in highly regulated sectors, including aerospace, clean energy and maritime sectors. Our offer incorporates: engineering design, technical consultancy and systems integration.

We believe that engineering is not just about technology, manufacturing and innovation. It’s about the people behind it. Delkia ensures that its teams are the focus of its business through passion, belief and simply a better way of working, resulting in great outcomes for our customers. We’re also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and invest in future talent through supporting STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements and summer interns.

The company’s Head Office is at Westlake’s Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria, with systems integration, assembly & testing facilities in Egremont, Cumbria and design offices in Preston, Lancashire. This is augmented by a network of staff working across the UK, creating a dynamic and highly skilled team.

Come and join a company that values our people and is growing fast.

**Overview of the role**:
As a Planning Apprentice at Delkia, you will play a pivotal role in the development and delivery of projects

within the organisation. Working closely with the Project Planner and our multidisciplinary teams, you will support the creation and baselining of project schedules coupled to the linked regular monitoring/controlling activities. Provide support in the proactive management of Delkia’s project/programmes by interfacing with its project managers during the monthly project reporting (internally & externally) reporting cycle.

**What you’ll be responsible for**:

- Assist in the creation of project schedules using Primavera P6 software.
- Support the senior planner in maximising resource utilisation, tracking project milestones, and updating portfolio/programme/project schedules.
- Participate in team meetings to discuss project progress, potential delays, and resource needs.
- Conduct research and data collection to ensure accurate reporting of project status.
- Assist with preparing documentation and project reports for internal and external stakeholders
- Support the creation/enhancement of P6 processes, procedures and assist in the facilitation of planning best practice within Delkia Ltd.
- Learn to recognise and identity critical path activities, potential schedule risks and propose mitigation approaches
- Support in the monitoring of project progress and update schedules as necessary to reflect performance (actuals & forecast).
- Aid, as appropriate, in the management of project change.
- Assist in the generation of reports and help provide analysis on project schedule performance, resource utilisation.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Awareness of project planning, resource allocation and task interdependence.
- Aptitude for project planning and curiosity to solve problems
- Analytical skills coupled with the ability to identify problems and issues.
- Communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency to effectively collaborate with cross functional teams and external stakeholders.

**Nice to have**:

- Awareness EVM metrics to report on project status
- Awareness / experience of Microsoft Project or Primavera P6

**What we offer**:

- Competitive salary
- Flexible working
- Training and development
- Excellent company standards
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Health care
- Company bonus scheme
- Birthday leave
- Great team spirit
- Organised social events
- Professional membership

**Our Vision**:
To be the UK’s leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.

**Our Mission**:
To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.

**Our Values**:

- Collaboration and teamwork
- Integrity, trust and accountability
- Safety and security
- Client focused
- Positive social value and impact
- Continuous improvement

**Our Purpose**:At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.