Senior Planning Engineer - Defence
Core
Establish project controls processes, templates, and baselines for cost and schedule in defence projects, monitoring performance against risks and changes to drive best value for the client.
Role type
Senior Planning Engineer (Project Controls)
Builds
Master project/programme schedules, cost baselines, and executive dashboards for defence sector clients.
Domain
Defence industry, Project Controls
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery
Required skills
Project controls coordination, cost estimation, schedule planning, risk evaluation (Monte Carlo), change management, procurement principles, MS Office, Primavera P6
Preferred skills
Specialist life sciences or data centre sector experience, conceptual estimating, funding stage gates
Technologies
Primavera P6, MS Office
Responsibilities
Identify trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline; Lead evaluation of time, cost, and quality targets; Guide and influence the general contractor on schedule and cash flow; Act as key point of contact to the client for delivery and commercial issues; Control costs using estimating and procurement knowledge; Create executive level financial dashboards; Coordinate planning sessions to compile master schedules; Incorporate risks into Monte Carlo simulations for quantitative impact analysis; Hold vendors accountable for schedule updates.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC