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 May 2025.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Design and maintain project schedules for Customer Support and Training projects, in accordance with the contract ensuring the integrity of data throughout the project life cycle, through direct liaison with all functions.
Track, analyse and produce reports to confirm the programme or project cost and schedule performance, coordinating variance analysis and driving corrective actions (including resource analysis).
Identify issues and work with Programme Management/Customer Support Management Teams and directly with functions to establish corrective actions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Establishing and implementing standards and best practice across Programmes or projects.
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 the client’s procedures. If multiple sub projects exist, coordinate, control and integrate the interfaces creating logical links and maintaining updates. Applying earned value techniques where applicable.
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 the client’s procedures.
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.
Engage with cost centre managers to manage Function specific milestones used to measure Function performance.
To update plans as appropriate to support Function specific KPI metrics.
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.
Track, analyse and produce reports to confirm the programme or project cost and schedule performance, coordinating variance analysis and driving corrective actions (including resource 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 receipts ensuring alignment to schedule procurement requirements.
Flexibility to deploy in other areas, i.e. business reports.
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 HSP 1015 – Workers Responsibilities.

SKILLS NEEDED
Ability to learn quickly and work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to maintain a clear focus on goals &amp priorities.
Ability to work effectively within a team setting.
Excellent analytical and planning skills with good attention to detail.
Good written and verbal communication skills.

SKILLS DESIRED
Experienced in the planning and scheduling of complex tasks within an aerospace or similar industrial environment.
Proficient in the use of SAP and Microsoft Project (as core planning tool) and other common Microsoft packages.

20% onsite, 37 hours per week.

If this position is of interest to you, please apply below or contact Kaisey for more information.
01935 403215 or Kaisey.linscott@morson.com