Project Planner

Morson Talent currently have an opportunity available for Project Planners to work on the behalf of our Aerospace clients based in Yeovil, Somerset. This is a contract until December 2025, with possibility of extension.
JOB PURPOSE
Provide project controls support to the Project/Programme Manager (PM) with the objective of delivering on time/on budget delivery of LH projects and programmes.
Support the PM in developing and maintaining the project master schedule in accordance with the contract, through direct liaison with other business functions. Ensure the integrity of data throughout the project life cycle. Prepare reports to provide project status information to the programmes team and customer. Identify schedule and cost variances and work with the programme team and directly with business functions to establish corrective actions.

KEY JOB ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Develop and implement the programme or project schedule (and SAP Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)) in accordance with the Contracted scope, delivery dates, Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), financial baseline and Leonardo procedures. If multiple sub projects exist, coordinate, control and integrate the interfaces creating logical links and maintaining updates. Applying earned value techniques where applicable.
• Input to Establishing and implementing standards and best practice across Programmes or projects through the Process and governance teams.
• Maintain and control the programme or project schedule baseline (dates and budgets) to reflect any contracted amendments. Manage the approval and communication of these changes in accordance with Leonardo procedures.
• Ensure the flow of budgets and dates within Sap via the MSP Plan are kept in alignment with the approved Company Work Order.
• Direct the timely processing of schedule updates. Monitor the accuracy of project schedules and version control changes. Work with the Functions and Project Teams to drive the quality of the programme or project schedule and SAP WBS. Identify problems and provide support to improve processes to ensure the integrity of the data.

• Coordinate with the Key Stakeholders customer change proposals, capturing in a register and collating cost impacts for pricing.
• Assess progress, track and analyse the impact of the programme or project schedule forecast changes (dates and budgets) to identify threats at the earliest opportunity. Publish the schedule and ensure stakeholders are informed about changes. Perform critical path and ‘what if analysis, including the development of work-around plans, capturing, monitoring and driving associated actions.
• Control the allocation of contingency reserve and updates to the programme or project schedule baseline ensuring alignment to the risk register.
• Produce internal and customer reports to confirm the project cost and schedule variance, future key milestones and to include earn value analysis.
• Prepare and present monthly CPR data. Be able to articulate changes from month to month and what schedule and costs impacts this will incur working closely with the functional departments to ensure accuracy.
• Generate purchase requisitions and perform service receipts to support project requirements
• Support the PM in executing the Leonardo risk management methodology & risk management tools.
• Support the assessment, evaluation, prioritisation and update of risks. Monitor and measure the associated mitigation actions to prevent risk occurrence.
• Participate in regular risk reviews to identify, capture and sanction risks, able to apply Monte Carlo analysis to inform and monitor mitigation actions and ensure progress to recovery plans.
• Review the cost of mitigation action, budget and actual (both in the risk register and work breakdown structure) and evaluate risks to ensure the Programme or Project contingency reserve value is accurate and rigorous cost controls are applied. Perform cost / benefit analysis against contingency reserve actions.
• Support the production and communication of regular risk reports to ensure consistency.
• Report the progress of Risks at regular intervals to the appropriate level of management.
• Flexibility to deploy in other areas, i.e. business reports.
• This role may require you to drive 15,000 or more business miles each year.
(Delete as appropriate – statement required to fulfil HSEMSM, Section 33, HSEP T-01)
• You are responsible for taking reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your acts or omissions at work and to co-operate with managers, supervisors and others to enable the company to meet its statutory obligations for health, safety and environment.
• Specific responsibilities for Employees are detailed within HSEMSM, Section 8.7.
• You should take responsibility for understanding the Code of Ethics - Core Instruction No.PER.10.3 and making sure that you comply with it at all times whilst doing your job and, in particular, when acting for or on behalf of LHUK.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
• Good knowledge of company products and organisation.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a team setting and also to provide leadership when required.
• Effective & persuasive in building a network of contacts within LH, creating strong relationships with the LH performing functional areas.
• Proficient in the use of SAP and Microsoft Project (as core planning tool) and other common Microsoft packages.
• Excellent analytical and planning skills with good attention to detail.
• Ability to learn quickly and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to maintain a clear focus on goals & priorities.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Experienced in the planning and scheduling of complex tasks within an aerospace or similar industrial environment.
90% onsite.
Rate: On application.
If this position is of interest to you, please apply below or contact Kaisey for more information.
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