Planner

ASSYSTEM; East Midlands, Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

8% company pension contributions

Healthcare cash-plan

Employee assistance programme

Membership fees paid

Job summary

Assystem is recruiting a dynamic Project Planner for the Defence Infrastructure portfolio. The role supports project delivery alongside Defence Infrastructure PMs, based in Derby or Newcastle with a flexible mix of home and office working.

You will produce and manage project schedules, coordinate work packages, and report progress, risks and opportunities to the Defence Infrastructure Lead Team. NEC4 experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Primavera P6 intermediate level required.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and MS Project essential.
• Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines without supervision.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to summarise project progress clearly.
• Ability to engage with sub-contractors and review submissions for accuracy.
• Strong attention to detail in all project reporting.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage project schedules, internally and externally.
• Coordinate work packages to align with the schedule and resources.
• Review and approve sub-contractor programmes.
• Interface with stakeholders to report progress, risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to proposals with manhour estimates and planning.
• Produce concise reports of project metrics including critical path analyses.

Skills

Primavera P6

MS Excel

MS Project

Communication

Attention to detail

Sub-contractor liaison

Deadline-driven

Education

Degree preferred

Primavera P6 training

APM qualification

Tools

NEC4 Contracts

Job description

Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.

Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management and digital solutions.

As the Assystem’s Defence Infrastructure account continues to grow, we are looking to recruit a dynamic, self-motivated Project Planner to support project delivery.

Working alongside the Defence Infrastructure Project Manager(s) and PMO function, the Project Planner is the local point for all aspects of planning across the Defence Infrastructure portfolio.

This role will be based at our Assystem offices in either Derby or Newcastle, with ad-hoc travel to client and other Assystem offices as required. Assystem are currently implementing our ‘new normal’ flexible working model, which will continue to support a mixture of home and office working across the business.

Your missions:

• Responsible for planning – production and management of project schedule(s), both internally and externally.
• Coordination of work packages to schedule, tracking progress vs schedule, resource planning, coordination of sub-contractors.
• Review and approval of sub-contractor programmes.
• Interface with stakeholders to identify and report on progress, change, risks and opportunities.
• Input to proposals relating to manhour estimates and planning.
• Produce concise, accurate reports of project metrics including critical path analysis to the Defence Infrastructure Lead Team.

Why join the community of Switchers?

• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
• 8% company pension contributions
• Healthcare cash-plan to get money back on dental, medical, physical care
• Employee assistance programme including 24/7 access to free mental health support, virtual gym classes and more
• Get professional and industry membership fees paid for.

Essential skills and behaviours

• Primavera P6 to intermediate level (essential)
• Strong skills in MS Office, especially Excel and Project
• Self-motivated and able to work to deadlines without direction/supervision
• Good communicator able to provide a clear, concise and accurate summary of project progress, risks to the critical path and metrics
• Able to confidently engage with sub-contractors and critically review the accuracy of sub-contractor submissions
• Attention to detail

Qualifications

• Degree preferred, or other equivalent qualification
• Primavera P6 training
• Project Management qualification (e.g. APM) would benefit

Experience

• Experience as a project planner on NEC4 Contracts is essential (particularly Option A and Option C)
• Major infrastructure design and build project background highly desirable
• Experience of working in the Nuclear or Defence Industry is highly desirable

Please be aware that many roles at Assystem 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.

We will consider Inside IR35 Contractors or permanent staff.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.