Project Planner (Primavera P6)
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Job Summary
Join our team as a Project Planner and play a key role in driving the scheduling and project control activities for advanced aerospace and defence programmes. You will be responsible for developing maintaining and analysing project schedules to ensure on-time delivery and alignment with programme objectives. Your expertise in planning will directly support mission-critical projects in communication avionics and land-based systems.
Location: Reading
On-site: 4 days per week minimum
Seniority: Mid-level (4 years of experience)
Clearance: Due to the nature of the work candidates must be eligible to work in the UK and capable of obtaining BPSS clearance.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 ensuring alignment with programme milestones and deliverables.
- Monitor and analyse project progress identifying risks and opportunities to support on-time delivery.
- Collaborate with project managers and engineering teams to ensure accurate scheduling and resource allocation.
- Provide regular updates and reports on project status highlighting deviations and corrective actions.
- Support project control activities including baseline management critical path analysis and schedule optimization.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in project planning and scheduling processes.
Qualifications :
Required Skills
- 4 years of experience in project planning and scheduling ideally within aerospace defence or related industries.
- Proficiency in Primavera P6 for developing and managing complex project schedules.
- Strong understanding of project control principles including baseline management and critical path analysis.
- Experience in scheduling for engineering or technical projects with a focus on delivery and risk management.
- Ability to analyse and report on project performance providing actionable insights.
Soft Skills & Collaboration
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Adaptability in fast-paced regulated environments.
- Proactive approach to identifying and mitigating scheduling risks.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in a relevant engineering field or relevant technical military background with equivalent hands-on experience.
Desirable Skills
- Experience with agile or hybrid project management methodologies.
- Familiarity with earned value management (EVM) and project governance frameworks.
- Knowledge of aerospace or defence programmes particularly in communication or avionics systems.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Project or other scheduling tools.
Additional Information :
Why join us
We bring together entrepreneurial tech-driven people to deliver innovative solutions for leading companies.
At ALTEN youll work on exciting projects supported by ongoing learning mentoring and clear career development tailored to your goals.
Join a passionate team and help build tomorrow today.
In short you get:
- A personalised career path and a rewarding management style
- A huge diversity of engineering projects and industries
- Private Medical Insurance
- Cycle & Tech Scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance & Pension Scheme
- Social atmosphere regular gatherings & team buildings
- Flexible way of working (role dependent)
We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant & actively encourage applications from members of the Armed Forces community including veterans reservists service leavers and military spouses/partners. We recognise the value of military skills and experience and are committed to ensuring that no applicant is unfairly disadvantaged during our recruitment and selection processes.
This role may require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website . If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria then your employment may be delayed or rejected . Details of this will be discussed with you at interview.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Primavera
- Primavera P6
- Transportation Planning
- Smartsheet
- Joint Operations
- Production Planning
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- Project Coordination
- Technical Support
About Company
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