Project Planner

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

Job title: Project Planner

Location: Scotstoun & Govan

Salary: Up to £49,000 depending on skills and experience

What You’ll Be Doing

• Allocating task budgets and alignment of work scope budgets with Control Account Manager (CAM)
• Taking accountability for maintaining quality standards and compliance to governance measures and the schedule in line with Baseline Change Request process
• Providing key support and guidance to the management team through regular engagement and a visible presence “on the floor” as the project moves through all phases – Engineering, Supply Chain, Build, Commissioning, and Acceptance
• Playing an active part in supporting weekly and monthly project / schedule reviews
• Being informed and able to validate, advise, and challenge progress and completion forecasts, to identify schedule risk and opportunities
• Create, maintain and control the project and delivery schedules, including the monitoring and reporting of project status.
• Translating the ship design into Level 1/Level 2/ Level 3 schedules with logic, resourcing, and budget
  
  

Essential

Your skills and experiences:

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of Planning/Scheduling policies, processes, procedures and systems
• Experience within complex engineering or production environment
  
  

Desirable

• A professional Project Management Qualification such as the APM Project Management Qualification or another appropriate professional body, alternatively be willing to work towards accreditation
• Experience with Earned Value Management and a skilled user of modern planning/scheduling systems (e.g. Primavera P6,MSP)
• Experience across a full project
  
  

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Team

You will be joining a team of experienced planners and be a key part of the PMO delivering on a fast-paced programme with exciting career opportunities in this critical skill area and associated development activity. You’ll gain valuable insight into the intricacies of our business and have the chance to expand your professional network in this industry. This position offers exceptional prospects for career advancement and growth, complemented by comprehensive support from BAE Systems, including opportunities for additional qualifications and training.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks

Closing Date: 3rd January 2025 – Interviews for this position will take place week commencing 13th January.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.