Senior Planning, Monitoring & Control Professional – Planning

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Planning, Monitoring and Control professional 

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 £40,748 dependent on skills and experience 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Perform intermediate project reporting & scheduling whilst owning and developing an engineering plan to meet levels 3 and 4 engineering demand within the programme
• Lead the Project Management and Controls processes on a small non-complex project or a work package of a larger project
• Manage the Project Management and Controls processes using the full project lifecycle to ensure that, over time the needs of customers/users continue to be met
• Identify, assesses and manage any risks to meet the success of the project. With this, you will apply appropriate methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches. Agree on suitable Project Controls approach with stakeholders and prepare realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans)
• Consolidate your expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives
• Support and promote the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation

Your skills and experiences: 

• Be able to perform intermediate project reporting & scheduling in primavera P6 /MS projects
• Be able to undertake intermediate problem solving typically based on previous experience
• Have experience in stakeholder management and cross functional communication
• Hold experience within an engineering planning discipline
• Have a good understanding of planning, Monitoring and control processes

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 Stage 2 Engineering Planning Team: 

By joining us in this role, you would be joining an extremely motivated and hardworking team. This role provides an opportunity to progress your planning career with us whilst working closely with the wider planning team who are responsible for the delivery of engineering outputs and engineering change. 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: 5th December 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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