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Senior Project Planner/Controller

Employer
BAE Systems
Location
Barrow-In-Furness
Salary
£30000 - £40000 per annum
Closing date
28 Jan 2022

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Sector
Project Management
Hours
Full Time
Flexibility
Flexible working available
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Senior Project Planner/Controller

 

Would you like to directly impact the Maritime industry by supporting the delivery of exciting projects within the Product and Training Services (P&TS) team. We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Project Planner/Controller at our sites in Portsmouth - Broad Oak, Cowes or Great Baddow with flexible working options available.

 

 

As a Senior Project Planner/Controller, you will be work closely with a range of stakeholders to provide delivery and support for Effectors (Torpedoes), Sensors (Radars) and Training Services internationally. You will effectively use data to make informed decisions, you will maintain the schedule, provide cost forecasting and providing reports to support the Project Manager.

 

 

This role will provide you with the opportunity to learn, develop and progress through a clear career path in a dedicated Project Control and Planning team.

 

 

Your main responsibilities as a Senior Project Planner/Controller will involve:

 

  • Undertaking project reporting tasks
  • Applying your project control knowledge to complete accurate Project scheduling.
  • Demonstrating an understanding of your Line of Business or project.
  • Showing knowledge of the Project Management capability landscape including with Professional institutions.
  • Applying Knowledge and understanding of the Business environment for Line of Business or project.
  • Influencing internal stakeholders to achieve business success.
  • Capturing and sharing best practice across multiple functions.

 

Your skills and qualifications:

 

Essential

 

  • Project Management experience within a professional development.
  • Extensive understanding of one or more Project Management tools techniques and practices.
  • Knowledge and experience of Project Management governance and assurance processes such as Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).
  • Able to demonstrate and apply problem solving techniques to routine situations.
  • Desirable

     

  • APM or Project Management/Control qualification or relevant experience.

 

What we're looking for in you:

 

You will have excellent diplomacy skills that will be required in order to work across boundaries within the project to achieve optimum solutions. You will have great influencing skills and be able to motivate your peers. You will have excellent communication skills so that you can exchange complicated information.

 

 

Location: Portsmouth - Broad Oak, Cowes or Great Baddow with Flexible working options available

 

 

Grade: GG09

 

 

Salary: Competitive

 

 

Benefits: Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

 

 

Flexible Working: At Maritime Services, we embrace flexible and modern working arrangements and feel this is an important part of the benefits that we have on offer. It helps us to create a diverse and inclusive workplace. This role can be undertaken either full time, part time, job share, flexible hours or we would welcome your suggestions for how we could make this role fit your circumstances.

 

 

Employee Referral Scheme bonus = (£500)

 

 

 

Maritime Services

 

 

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us. Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business.

 

 

From our headquarters in Portsmouth, we are proud to support the Royal Navy in global operations. BAE Systems Maritime Services delivers end-to-end support to over 50 per cent of the Royal Navy's surface fleet. Our services include ship upgrades, repairs, dockyard facilities management and provision of combat systems training. We also develop and support the Royal Navy's complex equipment, such as radar, torpedoes and small boats.

 

 

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence, you could find yourself working on the iconic Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 Destroyers, Type 23 Frigates, Type 26 Global Combat Ships, Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels, Offshore Patrol Vessels, historic ships and more. Our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment. This includes Spearfish, one of the most powerful and capable wire guided torpedoes on the market. Currently undergoing a major upgrade programme, Spearfish will soon benefit from further sophisticated advances in its homing, warheads, tactical and fuelling systems, as well an upgraded guidance link. Then there's Artisan, the 3D radar that can identify a target the size of a tennis ball, travelling at a speed of more than 2000 miles an hour more than 25 kilometres away!

 

 

Join us and the projects you'll be involved in will form the backbone of the Royal Navy for decades to come. You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

 

 

At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

 

 

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

 

 

For more information on our Diversity & Inclusion work, please click here.

 

 

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.

 

 

Company

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security and aerospace company head-quartered in London in the United Kingdom and with operations worldwide.

Recognising that our people are our top priority we have set ourselves a number of corporate targets to improve the diversity and inclusiveness of our workforce, including uplifting our female representation in leadership roles by 15% by 2015. We recognise the challenge that this target presents, knowing that engineering is often seen as a “man’s world”. 

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