Senior Project Scheduler for Critical Defense Programs

SEA Ltd; Frome; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid/flexible working

25 days annual leave

Health insurance

Life assurance policy

Job summary

SEA Ltd is seeking a Project Planner to provide professional planning and scheduling support across SEA portfolios. The role can be based at Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple with flexible working.

You will establish and maintain detailed schedules, support baselines, report progress, and help teams identify risks and recovery actions. SEA develops advanced naval and undersea surveillance systems worldwide, delivering rapid response and safe, efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated project planning and scheduling experience on complex programmes or projects.
• Experience developing and maintaining logic-linked schedules in MS Project or equivalent tool.
• Experience with progress measurement, forecast maintenance, and schedule performance reporting.
• Working knowledge of linked scope, schedule, cost, risk and change relationships.
• Desirable: APMP/APM qualification or equivalent in project planning and control.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain detailed and logically linked project schedules.
• Support development and maintenance of performance measurement baselines at bid and delivery.
• Provide schedule analysis, progress reporting and performance insights for decisions.
• Identify schedule risks, opportunities, assumptions and dependencies and develop mitigation actions.

Skills

Project planning

Schedule analysis

Baseline management

Integrated project controls

Risk and change management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Acumen Fuse

Job description

SEA Ltd is seeking a Project Planner to provide professional planning and scheduling support across SEA portfolios. The role can be based at Beckington, Bristol or Barnstaple with flexible working.

You will establish and maintain detailed schedules, support baselines, report progress, and help teams identify risks and recovery actions. SEA develops advanced naval and undersea surveillance systems worldwide, delivering rapid response and safe, efficient operations.