Project Planner/Controller

Our esteemed client, a trusted partner of the UK Ministry of Defence, is seeking a talented individual to join their dynamic business performance management and technical teams in Bolton.

As the selected candidate, you will play a crucial role in delivering key objectives through best practice project planning. You will collaborate with the Business Performance Management Team and Technical Teams, taking ownership of the development, deployment, and ongoing management of the Primavera Integrated Plan Network. Your efforts will ensure the promotion and upholding of the company's high standards in planning and scheduling.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse progress and performance, comparing it to contractual and internal targets to identify variances and their causes.
• Prepare reports and recommend actions to maintain or improve progress.
• Establish and deploy the overall project schedule for the sector/projects, ensuring adherence to company standards.
• Coach engineering, production, and project management team members in best practice planning and scheduling to develop planning skills across the project team.
• Integrate work package plans to create a fully integrated network aligned with company standards, deploying, managing, and maintaining the project's performance measurement baseline.
• Generate, distribute, and report project schedule data as required, providing guidance on conflicts and corrective actions.
• Manage the application of the Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology as needed.
• Oversee the project critical path analysis process according to company standards.
• Cultivate positive relationships with engineers and the broader community to ensure adherence to the company's project control standards, systems, and methods, delivering accurate and high-quality performance status data promptly.

If you are passionate about driving excellence and innovation in project planning and scheduling, we want to hear from you!

What do you need?:

• Maintain a high level of competence and experience with Primavera and SAP PS and with industry-standard computing applications (specifical spreadsheets).
• Harbour durable communication skills, capable of working in large teams with complex skills (Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Project Management, etc.)
• Possess the appeal of working in a multicultural pan-European environment.
• Contain a proven level of Commercial and Financial management experience.
• Proactive team player who inspires others is assertive and possesses strong negotiation and arbitration skills.

What happens now?

Upon submission of your application, should it meet our selection criteria, you will be contacted via e-mail by one of our talent acquisition specialists to arrange a screening call. This telephone chat is structured to explore a series of questions aimed at matching your competencies and capabilities to the specific demands of the position. Please note, this screening is contingent upon the initial success of your application.

Security Clearance:

British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.

More about the role:

For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air.

This job is at our client's site in Bolton facility, one of the North West's leading manufacturing sites for at least 25 years. The facility offers showers and bike racks and is near the motorway, with a petrol station outside. Amenities like an onsite canteen. All employees get training and development opportunities.