Planning and Integration Practitioner

Job Description

Job Title: Planning and Integration Practitioner

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: From £47,000 dependent on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing: 

• Working with the Planning and Integration Lead to drive the Integrated Business Plan through every step of a pre-sales process in line with agreed mobilisation quarters
• Set, monitor and update the forecasting model for pre-mobilised projects in line with feedback from a number of key stakeholders
• Provide monthly reports on progress against pre-mobilisation targets and forecasts
• Work with multiple stakeholders to help prepare pre project requirements for our external service provider, taking a proactive approach to ensure we are driving the pre sales mobilisation to schedule
• Organise, facilitate and manage the presentation of pre project material to our external provider and internal stakeholder teams
• Supporting creation and submission of financial applications as part of project mobilisation process
• Driving momentum on pipeline of pre-mobilised projects, recognising where priorities may change and coordinating / chasing actions where required for urgent / emergent needs

Your skills and experiences: 

Essential:

• Have experience of building and maintaining effective relationships with various internal teams, as well as external stakeholders 
• You will need to have strong presentation skills
• Good planning and organisational skills using SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed) management 
• Excellent knowledge of Excel, including being able to build and develop complex reports and maintaining macros

Desirable:

• A Level or HND in computer science or equivalent experience
• APM or Prince 2 qualification in Project Management
• Experience in JIRA / Confluence 

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 Planning and Integration team: 

It is an exciting time to join a growing planning and integration team within our IT function. We currently have over 50 high profile IT projects in our pipeline to mobilise in the next year, all with complex needs and requirements. This is an opportunity to work with a small but ambitious team who are looking to challenge current ways of working in order to improve efficiencies and reporting within our product group. 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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 21st November 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

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