Project Planner

Senior Planner

Up to £40 p/h umbrella
Stevenage

Initial 12 months

Role Overview
We are looking for an Integrated Planning Manager / Project Planner.

You will support the major programmes, growth projects and strategic campaigns/bids.

Responsibilities

• Creation, maintenance and timely delivery of the top level and lower level 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


• 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.