Planner

**Closing Date**:
**The Opportunity**:

- Leonardo has an opportunity to join the Programme Management Office (PMO) as a Planner. This role is based in our Yeovil site and offers you:

- The opportunity to work on a multitude of projects and within different parts of the business
- The ability to build upon your MSP and Planning skills whilst managing an assigned planning team
- Custom Working and core based flexible working.
- We are looking for innovators within the planning environment to support and advise the Programme Managers to aid scheduling and cost control decisions.
- The Leonardo PMO planning culture promotes innovation and a team approach which provides support and
- encourages each other to meet the objectives set.
- Ideally you will have:

- Prior Knowledge of Microsoft Project 2016
- An understanding of the Principles of Project Planning
- An understanding of SAP
- A willingness to learn and be proactive and forward thinking
- By joining the Leonardo Planning team we will look to support and encourage you through your journeys career and
- development path, by providing the right training and support structure around you. We will encourage your
- proactive nature and will look to build upon your skillset.**What you will do**:

- Develop and maintain the project master schedule in accordance with the work breakdown structure (WBS),
- contracted scope, delivery dates, financial baseline and Leonardo procedures. If multiple sub projects exist,
- coordinate, control and integrate the interfaces creating logical links and maintaining updates.
- Work with the business functions to ensure the timely monthly updates of the schedule and drive to continually
- improve the quality of the schedule. Ensure the schedule and SAP data are aligned. Identify any data inaccuracies
- and proactively strive to correct the issue.
- Assess progress and analyse the impact of forecast changes (schedule and financial) to identify threats at the
- earliest opportunity. Perform critical path and ‘what if; analysis, including the development of work-around plans,
- capturing, monitoring and driving associated actions.
- Control the project baseline (schedule and financial) to reflect any contracted amendments. Manage the approval
- and communication of these changes in accordance with Leonardo procedures. Control the allocation of
- contingency reserve and updates to the schedule baseline ensuring alignment to the risk register.
- Produce internal and customer reports to confirm the project cost and schedule variance, future key milestones and
- to include earn value analysis.
- Generate purchase requisitions and perform service receipts to support project requirements
- Provide planning support, guidance and formal training of planning principles to the programme team and to
- planners from other business functions.
- Executing all activities in accordance with Leonardo policy, procedure and processes.
- Establishing and implementing standards and best practice across Programmes or projects.
- Flexibility to deploy in other areas, i.e. business reports.**What we are looking for**:

- Knowledge of company products.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to provide leadership and work effectively within a team setting.
- Effective & persuasive in building a network of contacts within LH, creating strong relationships with the LH
- performing functional areas.
- Proficient in the use of SAP and Microsoft Project (as core planning tool) and other common Microsoft packages.
- Excellent analytical and planning skills with good attention to detail.
- Ability to learn quickly and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to maintain a clear focus on goals & priorities.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills.
- Experienced in the planning and scheduling of complex tasks within an aerospace or similar industrial environment**Life at Leonardo**:

- Discover life at Leonardo - a company for extraordinary people**Our UK locations**:

- We have offices around the UK, including Basildon, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Luton, Southampton and Yeovil**Committed to Inclusion**:

- We are committed to creating a working environment that is designed to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed.