Integrated Planning Manager

MERITUS Talent are working in partnership with one of the world's leading aerospace and defence companies for the recruitment of a Integrated Planning Manager to join their offices in Stevenage.

Integrated Planning Manager / Project Manager - Stevenage - Contract - 12 months - £40ph - INSIDE IR35 - Hybrid (3/2) - SC Clearance

Role Overview

We are looking for an Integrated Planning Manager / Project Planner to join 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

The successful candidate will need to have active or transferrable UK SC Security Clearance to undertake the role.