Senior Planning, Monitoring & Control Professional - Planning

BAE Systems.; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Barrow-in-Furness is seeking a Senior Planning, Monitoring & Control Professional to perform project scheduling and reporting while providing essential coaching and stakeholder management. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in Primavera P6 and comprehensive experience in project controls. The role offers flexible working arrangements and includes benefits such as a competitive pension scheme and health plans. A commitment to inclusivity and support for diverse backgrounds is fundamental to the company's culture.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Good understanding of Primavera P6 is essential.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and summarise data is essential.
• Comprehensive Planning Monitoring & Controls experience is essential.
• Excellent Stakeholder Management experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform intermediate project scheduling & reporting.
• Prepare, analyse, and present data into summary reports.
• Support risk management tasks such as Audits and SIG reviews.
• Provide coaching to team members and monitor quality of work.
• Undertake assurance of Alliance party schedules.

Skills

Good understanding of Primavera P6

Ability to analyse, interpret and summarise data

Comprehensive Planning Monitoring & Controls experience

Excellent Stakeholder Management experience

Education

PM Qualification such as the APM Project Management Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

Excel

Job description

Job Title

Senior Planning, Monitoring & Control Professional - Planning

Location

Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary

Competitive

What you’ll be doing

• Performing intermediate project scheduling & reporting
• Preparing, analysing, and presenting data into summary reports to a diverse range of stakeholders across multiple levels
• Supporting risk management tasks such as Audits and System Integration Groups (SIG) reviews
• Providing coaching to members of the team, monitoring their quality of work and contributing to performance management
• Undertaking assurance of Alliance party schedules

Your skills and experiences

Essential

• Good understanding of Primavera P6
• Ability to analyse, interpret and summarise data; and to articulate this effectively
• Comprehensive Planning Monitoring & Controls experience
• Excellent Stakeholder Management experience with the ability to guide and influence
• A comprehensive understanding of how team integrates with other teams & projects in order to achieve objectives

Desirable

• Experience using Microsoft Project, Visio & Excel
• PM Qualification such as the APM Project Management Qualification is advantageous

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Dreadnought Alliance Project Controls team

Based within the Project Management function, supporting the Dreadnought Alliance, you will have the opportunity to gain great exposure to a set of senior stakeholders across the business and enterprise, through day to day interaction with senior teams. This is an excellent chance for you to not only grow your network, gain additional Project Controls knowledge and skills but to also operate at a senior level. This role will allow you to showcase your excellent Project Planning knowledge and wider Project Controls experience to support the Dreadnought Alliance. The team undertake Governance and Assurance activities to ensure party data is fit for purpose. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems 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.

Closing Date

19th January 2026

Due to the festive season, there may be a delay in the processing of your application

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