Project Planner

Morson Talent are currently recruiting for a Project Planner to work on the behalf of one of our prestigious Aerospace clients based in Yeovil, Somerset. This role is a contract until April 2025.
• Creation and maintenance of governance reports for technical & direct labour in accordance with business needs.
• Produce and maintain a level 1 plan, in accordance with the planning process, that converges on the MPP whilst taking into account the key constraints of business milestones, labour, build logic and capacity, for all aircraft and, by working with other parts of the business, any potential work for the following 5 years.
• Using the level 1 plan accurately forecast resource at the top level for the next 12 months and with a good degree of confidence for the next 5 years, and at a detailed level the demand per cell for the next 12 months. For all firm contracts and potential work under the control to produce an estimated cost at completion and a labour profile for direct labour.
• Report on schedule, including financial and contractual milestones for all aircraft in production, providing timely information at the right level of detail for the various customers including department managers, the aircraft managers, the aircraft boards and for customers outside of the client’s organisation such as programme management and finance.
• Facilitate & run top level meetings with each department to ensure a technical labour plan is in order that for all firm contracts and potential work under the control of the client an estimated cost at completion and a labour profile for technical labour can be produced for all departments within the client with bookers.
• Work with all of the Business Performance & Works Analysis team and with other teams around the business to develop and continuously improve the planning and reporting processes in order to meet the needs of the business and standardise processes across the client where applicable. Ensure that all processes are accurately documented in the team’s departmental instructions.
• You will undertake any other reasonable tasks that the Business Performance & Works Analysis Manager may require of you so long as you have the appropriate skills, knowledge, and support to be able to undertake the task.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
• Computer literate with strong skills in SAP, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Financial awareness (budgets, cost to date, estimate at completion, variance, cash &amp turnover milestones)
• Knowledge of Earned Value techniques and processes.
• The ability to demonstrate an understanding of planning techniques such as work breakdown structures, dependencies, risk contingency, resource constraints &amp forecasting, estimating and level 1 and level 2 planning.

37 hours p/w, 90% onsite.
If this position is of interest to you, please apply below or contact Kaisey for more information.
01935 403215 or Kaisey.linscott@morson.com