Project Planner

INNOVATE • Staffordshire, ENG, United Kingdom • 19h ago

Job Description

Role: Project Planner

Location: Staffordshire

Flexibility: Hybrid

Salary: Competitive dependent on experience

Our client is seeking a dynamic Project Planner to join their project management team, specialising within the Defence Maritime industry. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing project schedules for multiple projects or programs.

Collaborating closely with the Project Manager, Project Engineering Lead, Project Risk Manager, and Scrum Master, you will create and update project schedules, ensuring they reflect task progress, dependencies, resource availability, risks, and any emergent work. You will ensure the schedule is continuously updated to mirror project events, providing clear insights on impacts and options to management, customers, and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

Develop and maintain detailed project schedules outlining tasks, milestones, deadlines, and dependencies.
Collaborate with the Project Risk Manager to ensure schedules incorporate identified risks and mitigation strategies.
Work with the Project Manager, Engineering Lead, and Scrum Master to track task progress and ensure accurate updates in project schedules.
Support resource forecasting in both the short and long term.
Regularly update project schedules to account for resource changes, risk occurrences, emergent work, and contract modifications.
Monitor project timelines, adjusting as needed to ensure deadlines are met.
Provide regular reports and updates to the project management team, clearly outlining the impacts of project events and decision points.
Serve as the project planning expert within the business, driving process improvements.

Qualifications / Skills Required:

Strong knowledge of project management tools, including Microsoft Project.
Experience planning complex, multi-disciplinary development projects.
Understanding of project risk management and its effects on scheduling.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Familiarity with Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery methodologies is desirable.
Working knowledge of JIRA or similar task management tools is a plus.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
A collaborative team player with enthusiasm and motivation.
Experience working in a team-based, multi-disciplinary development environment.

Hybrid working options and flexible or part-time hours available. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to shaping the future, apply now!

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