Senior Planner
Core
Develop, maintain, and assure fully integrated project schedules for complex defence programmes, providing accurate planning data and risk-informed forecasts.
Role type
Senior Project Planner (Defence)
Builds
Integrated, resource- and cost-loaded schedules for design, manufacture, test, acceptance, and in-service support
Domain
Defence, aerospace, engineering
Required skills
Integrated master scheduling, Primavera P6, critical path analysis, schedule logic, Earned Value Management (EVM), schedule risk analysis (Monte Carlo), change control assessment, WBS/CBS structuring
Preferred skills
MOD customer experience, bid support, programme re-baselining, professional accreditation (APM/PMI)
Technologies
Primavera P6
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain integrated schedules across the full project lifecycle; Provide schedule performance analysis including critical path and float; Integrate risk and mitigation actions into project schedules; Support schedule risk analysis and assess impacts of change requests; Produce planning reports for internal governance and external customers; Mentor junior planners and promote planning best practice
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC