Senior Planner

Senior Planner

Location: Stevenage

Department: Space Digital UK, US & Asia

Employment Type: Contract - 12 Month Rolling

Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Planner to join our client's team.

In this role, you will support major programmes, growth projects, and strategic campaigns/bids within the Space Digital division, covering the UK, US, and Asia.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain top-level, lower-level, and Integrated Project Team (IPT) schedules.


• Analyse project costs and manage resource tracking in collaboration with the Project Manager.


• Track payment milestones and risk analysis.


• Implement change control processes.


• Support management with the consolidation of data, providing key reports and recommendations.


• Provide consolidated project reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to senior management.


• Create and maintain standardized templates for schedules and project reporting.


• Offer project administration support to the Project Manager and project team.

Key Skills & Experience:

Essential:

• Extensive experience in Project Management, including scheduling, logic checking, Earned Value, and Risk Management.


• Expertise in planning best practices, including logic linking, resource scheduling, schedule health checks, critical path analysis, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).


• Strong contingency planning skills and experience in planning to stage boundaries.


• Solid understanding of Project Management methodologies.


• Proficient in MS Project Professional and Primavera P6 Professional.

Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must possess active or transferrable UK SC Security Clearance.

How to Apply:
If you are an experienced planner looking for an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects in the space sector, we encourage you to apply today!