Job Description

Role Overview
We are looking for a Senior Planner/Project Planner to join Airbus Defence & Space based in Stevenage. You will support the major programmes, growth projects and strategic campaigns/bids within Space Digital UK, US & Asia.

Responsibilities
Creation, maintenance and timely delivery of the top level and lower level schedules, and Integrated Project Team (IPT) schedules
Analysing project costs versus project forward load in conjunction with resource tracking / management on behalf of the Project Manager
Payment Milestone tracking
Risk analysis tracking
Change Control
Support management consolidation, judgement, recommendations and the timely provision of all necessary management data and reporting information
Provide consolidated project reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to senior management including special focus reports as required
Create and maintain standardised templates for schedules and project reporting
Project administration support to the Project Manager and the project team

Skill Set
Essential
Experienced in working within a Project Management, including scheduling, logic checking, Earned Value and Risk Management
Knowledge of planning best practice, e.g. logic linking/dependencies, resource scheduling, preforming schedule health checks, critical Path Analysis, and work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Planning to stage boundaries - contingency planning
Good knowledge/understanding of Project Management methodologies.
Excellent knowledge and proficient use of both MS Project Professional & Primavera P6 Professional

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.