Project Planner

Navis Consulting; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A project management consultancy is seeking an Assistant Project Planner to join their team in Plymouth. This role involves providing key schedule management services across a significant Capital Investment Portfolio and offers a negotiable rate based on experience. Ideal candidates will have a background in project support and a desire to develop in their careers, along with experience in scheduling and project controls.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project support role.
• Ability to assist in tactical scheduling and project management.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional schedule management services.
• Assist in tactical scheduling of live projects.
• Support implementation of Infrastructure strategic objectives.
• Prepare and deliver necessary schedule-driven reports.
• Align Project Cost with scheduling software.
• Assist in development of project/programme annual-spend projections.

Skills

Project management

Schedule management

Project controls

Education

Level 3 Qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Overview

Navis Consulting are seeking an Assistant Project Planner to join our client’s Project Management Office (PMO) at their Devonport site in Plymouth. This is an exciting role, offering a negotiable rate based on experience and seniority. You will play a key role in supporting the delivery of project planning services across a Capital Investment Portfolio worth £50m–£100m annually, contributing to the successful delivery of complex outputs in support of the UK submarine programme.

This role will suit candidates with a background in schedule, project management and project controls; looking for a change in direction and a strong desire to develop themselves, as well as people with existing project experience in a supporting role.

Responsibilities

Covering a wide range of projects, the successful candidate shall be responsible for providing professional schedule management services across the Capital Investment Portfolio Team. The role will provide a key interface between project managers, commercial, engineering, construction, projects, subcontractors and supply chain functions to aid the effective scheduling of the projects undertaken.

• Assisting the Infrastructure Planning team in tactical scheduling of live projects
• Supporting the implementation and maturity of Infrastructure strategic objectives
• Assisting the Project/Programme Managers in all aspects of Scheduling
• Prepare and deliver data that is necessary to internal and external schedule driven reports and documentation (including Cost, Risk, Estimating, Change)
• Alignment of Project Cost with the nominated scheduling software (Primavera P6)
• Assist the development of project/programme annual-spend projections, critical path management, and cost and schedule variance analyses

Qualifications

• Level 3 Qualification or equivalent experience in a project support role

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK and be able to obtain security clearance for this role.

For more information or to apply please send your CV to Jack - [e-mail] or call [phone].