Full-Time DE&S Planner/Scheduler
Job Description
£39,100 – £46,000 per annum (plus benefits). Internal candidates/existing Civil Servants should refer to the Further Information leaflet for salary details.
Job description
Project Controls is a key function within DE&S and plays a vital role in ensuring the success of projects by providing Estimating, Cost Control, Planning and Scheduling and Risk Management. What makes us unique is that we are involved in all phases of a project from proposal through to completion, ensuring work is delivered on time and within budget.
This post is within the Air Defence and Electronic Warfare Systems (ADEWS) Delivery Team. Based at RAF Henlow in Central Bedfordshire, ADEWS is responsible for a variety of projects and in-service support providing air defence radar, radios, antennas, radomes, and specialist electronic warfare facilities.
In this role you will need to have an extensive knowledge and a recent proven track record in a planning and scheduling environment, demonstrating comprehensive application of planning and scheduling tools.
Candidates should be aware that, under the Defence Estate Optimisation Strategy, RAF Henlow has been identified as a site for release. Further information will be made available as it becomes available.
Responsibilities
As the Planner and Scheduler, you will be responsible for:
• The Planning and Scheduling team – ensuring all scope is captured, represented, controlled and maintained in the project plans under the lead Project Controls Manager
• Analysing schedule performance data, challenging and clearly communicating to key stakeholders to drive delivery and make informed business decisions
• Working with suppliers and stakeholders to integrate relevant information
You will:
• Have experience of Planning methodologies and implementation into projects
• Be skilled and experienced in developing, managing and progressing schedules
• Have an understanding of wider Project Controls and other functions in order to ensure data is captured correctly
• Actively engage in wider initiatives to develop your own skills and others around you
• Be an excellent communicator
• Be able to build strong working relationships and work collaboratively with wider stakeholders across all areas and levels of the organisation
• Have strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and generate data with the skills to be able to communicate clearly to multiple stakeholders at different levels.
What you will be assessed against
To be found successful you must demonstrate the following essential criteria:
• Planning and Scheduling in a Project and programme environment
• Significant experience using Oracle Primavera P6 Planning software, or other leading planning software
• Experience of Performance Management / Earned Value Management
• Understanding of schedule baseline management and related change control processes
It would benefit your application should you be able to demonstrate the following desirable criteria:
• Leading and managing people
• A track record of developing yourself and others
• Understanding of Cost Control / Estimating and the integration with planning
• Understanding of Project Risk management and conducting Schedule Risk Analysis (Oracle RSA preferred)
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following technical competencies:
• Setting the Project/Programme context
• Controlling a project
If you are invited to an interview, you will be assessed against the following behaviours:
• Changing and improving
• Communicating and influencing
What’s in it for you?
You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you where possible, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.
Find out more about what we offer by clicking here or by using ‘The Little Book of Big Benefits’ booklet PDF at the bottom of this page.
Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
About your team
The Project Controls Function is responsible for providing the right information, at the right time, to support better-informed decisions. Driving accountability, responsibility and efficiency across DE&S, our Project Controls teams are involved in all phases of every project helping to predict and oversee the time and cost management of these projects. From Estimating, Risk Management and Cost Control, to Planning and Scheduling and Project Controls Management, our people are crucial to the successful delivery of our work.
How to Apply
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