Senior Project Planner – Defence (P6, EVM) | Hybrid

Northrop Grumman UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Hybrid work

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Career development

Bonuses

Job summary

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Project Planner to support the PMO and defence programmes. You will develop and assure robust, integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, guiding decisions at project, programme and portfolio levels.

You will collaborate with programme managers and cross‑functional teams, apply Earned Value Management, perform schedule risk analyses, and produce clear performance dashboards for internal and customer reviews.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project planning and scheduling within defence, aerospace or other complex engineering environments.
• Expert, hands‑on knowledge of Primavera P6 for developing and managing integrated master schedules.
• Proven experience applying Earned Value Management to monitor schedule performance.
• Experience conducting Schedule Risk Analysis and interpreting quantitative risk outputs.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to communicate complex schedule data clearly.
• Experience coordinating integrated schedules across multi‑disciplinary teams and suppliers.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage constructively with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and control fully integrated master schedules using Primavera P6 for large, multi‑workstream defence programmes.
• Ensure schedules are logically linked, baselined and structured in line with best practice, contractual requirements and internal governance.
• Provide proactive planning support including critical path analysis, what‑if modelling and recovery planning.
• Identify, analyse and manage schedule risks and opportunities, integrating mitigations into programme schedules.
• Support bids and proposals by creating compliant, credible Primavera P6 schedules and planning inputs.
• Apply Earned Value Management to track schedule performance, support variance analysis and assess change impacts.
• Conduct and support Schedule Risk Analysis, including quantitative modelling, and present findings to senior stakeholders.
• Produce clear, high‑quality schedule performance reports and dashboards for internal and customer reviews.
• Support internal and external audits related to planning, EVM and risk.
• Collaborate with engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and commercial teams to maintain schedule integrity.
• Provide mentoring and oversight to junior planners and act as a subject matter expert in Primavera P6, EVM and schedule risk management.

Skills

Primavera P6 mastery

Earned Value Management

Schedule Risk Analysis

Analytical skills

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Office

Job description

Northrop Grumman UK is seeking a Senior Project Planner to support the PMO and defence programmes. You will develop and assure robust, integrated project schedules using Primavera P6, guiding decisions at project, programme and portfolio levels.

You will collaborate with programme managers and cross‑functional teams, apply Earned Value Management, perform schedule risk analyses, and produce clear performance dashboards for internal and customer reviews.