Senior Planner

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

Please note: Current SC clearance is required for this role.

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