Project Planner

TN United Kingdom; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Project Planner to join their team in Bolton. This hybrid role offers a unique opportunity to work within the Defence sector, focusing on project scheduling and performance analysis. You will be responsible for maintaining project schedules, managing Earned Value Management methodologies, and coaching team members in best practices. Your ability to communicate effectively across diverse teams will be crucial in driving project success. If you are proactive and possess strong negotiation skills, this is the perfect chance to make a significant impact in a multicultural environment.

Qualifications

• High competence with Primavera and SAP PS required for project planning.
• Strong communication and team collaboration skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Analyze project performance against targets and prepare reports.
• Manage project schedules and foster relationships with engineers.

Skills

Primavera

SAP PS

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Financial Management

Team Collaboration

Tools

Spreadsheets

Job description

MERITUS are recruiting for a Project Planner to join our client in Bolton on an initial 6 month contract to work within the Defence industry. PLEASE NOTE - This is a Hybrid role with a 50/50 split expected on site in Bolton.

Responsibilities:

1. Analysing ongoing progress and performance, assessing this against contractual and internal targets - determining variance and its respective causes.
2. Preparing reports and recommending actions to maintain and or improve progress.
3. Establish and initiate the Sector / Projects Overall Project Schedule and ensure it is deployed and maintained to the Company Standard.
4. Support the development of Planning Skills across the Project Team, coaching Engineering, Production and Project Management team members in best practice Planning and Scheduling.
5. Integrate all Work package plans and ensure they are fully integrated to achieve an overall network to the company standard; deploy, manage and maintain the Projects Performance Measurement Baseline.
6. Support the Work package teams updating their plans on a monthly basis.
7. Produce, distribute and report Project Schedule Data as required, advising on conflicts and corrective actions.
8. Manage the Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology and apply when required.
9. Manage the Project Critical Path Analysis Process to the company standard.
10. Foster good working relationships with engineers and the broader community to embed the company's project control standards, systems and methods, delivering accurate and quality project performance status data in a timely manner.

Skillset/Experience Required:

1. Possess a high level of competence and experience with Primavera and SAP PS and with industry standard computing applications (specifically spreadsheets).
2. Hold durable communication skills, capable of working in large teams with a complexity of skills (Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Project Management, etc).
3. Possess the appeal of working in a multicultural pan-European environment.
4. Have a proven level of Commercial and Financial management experience.
5. A proactive team player who can inspire others, who is assertive and possesses strong negotiation and arbitration skills.