Project Planning Professionals Lead Planner Submarines

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Senior Planner - Submarines

Full Time

Derby Raynesway

We are seeking experienced Project Planning professionals with proven expertise in Primavera P6 scheduling software as this skill is essential to the core functionality of our planning and delivery processes.

Strong proficiency in Primavera P6 is a mandatory requirement for this role and candidates that are unable to demonstrate this skillset will not be considered.

Why Rolls-Royce

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Planner to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby

Were a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navys nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Join us and well provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive digital-first culture that invests in you gives you a platform for continuous learning and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

You will be working as part of a Control Account Team (CAT) or Programme team within a Delivery Business Unit (DBU) a Senior Planner maintains schedule(s) for the assigned work scope in line with the Submarines monthly planning cycle. Responsible for the creation and management of Control Account Schedules (CAS) that reflect the work required to deliver the customer or business requirements.

You should be also seen as a key support to the Lead Planner acting as a deputy and Subject Matter Expert (SME) as required. Accountable for identifying and resolving issues that impact the schedule through stakeholder engagement and reprogramming. Required to interface with key stakeholders to monitor and control work throughout the project lifecycle using the integrated planning system. Provide accurate and timely management information in accordance with RR Submarines PM processes and abiding by the schedule health rules applied by the central PMO function in order to maintain a healthy schedule.

We offer excellent development a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

What youll be doing:

You will work with key stakeholders in order to capture the project work scope in line with customer requirements. This could include the development of a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Statement of Work (SOW) and Basis of Estimate (BOE).

• Acting as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all planning & scheduling methodology and processes adopted within the assigned team. Provide planning process support / governance and guidance to the wider delivery team and those developing level 3 plans to support work packages.
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of a healthy and credible project schedule in line with the Submarines Planning & Scheduling Guidelines ensuring that the correct activity coding and conventions are consistently applied throughout the CASs.
• Ensure that all schedules are generated maintained and updated in line with the monthly planning cycle.
• Identify and integrate risk by developing schedules that include activities time and resource estimates for risk mitigation as appropriate.
• Ensure that the CAS is fully logically linked with horizontal integration internally and externally to the broader Programme scope and vertical integration throughout the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). Appropriate measures of performance (e.g. tracking milestones deliverables and interdependencies) are also to be included.
• Accountable for identifying schedule impact issues within the CAS and proactively pursue solutions within the baseline boundaries of quality cost and time. Also understanding any impacts to internal and external deliverables or dependencies.
• Coordinate Live Progress Updates session in order to gather accurate project progress status information and update schedules (for internal scope progress must be updated face-to-face and external scope as appropriate) reforecasting activity durations and resource as required. Accountable for inclusion management and updating of supplier subcontractor schedules within the CAS.
• Analysis and production of monthly management information or reporting in a timely manner. This includes but is not limited to milestone slippage critical path analysis resource demand & availability float erosion identification of schedule risks issues and opportunities. Undertake schedule variance analysis to identify and report deviations triggering exception reports as appropriate. Identification & use of Earned Value Management techniques as be required.
• Maintain and control the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB) including management through the change control process for the relevant CAS.
• Maintain and update resourced schedules (at team level) advising on resource clashes and potential issues in order to obtain commitment from Resource Managers and suppliers for resource Load and Capacity.
• Act as mentor / coach for any assigned Trainee Planners or Planners supporting the Lead Planner and CAM by advising on performance objectives as appropriate.
• Support the CAT/programme team with other project management activities as required. .

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility are bold pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Experience of working in an Integrated Project Team environment ideally gained within the engineering or manufacturing sector.
• Obtained the APMG Project Planning and Controls (PPC) qualification or the APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ).
• Entry level qualification (HND or Foundation Degree) desirable.
• Experience of developing schedules within a complex environment and using an IMS methodology.
• Registered as an associate member of the APM working towards full membership.
• Strong knowledge and skills of scheduling software (preferably Primavera P6) and subsequent functionality.
• Knowledge of SAP or equivalent Cost Management System.
• Experience of operating within an EVM environment and associated system or toolset.
• Demonstrate a positive can do attitude to deliver promises and commitments on time and to the required standards.
• Adapt to changes in the working environment managing competing demands to make the best use of time and resources.
• Ability to deliver accurate work within service level agreements and use initiative to work through issues and barriers.
• Experience of managing a number of tasks simultaneously prioritising activity to meet deadlines.

Were an equal opportunities employer. Were committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have the more successful well be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

Grade: NGS 7-10

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