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AWE is currently looking for a Senior Project Planner with P6 experience to provide project planning expertise to internal and external customers within Mission Delivery Projects. As a Senior Project Planner within Mission Delivery, you will work within the Project Controls teams on projects ranging from highly technical scientific, engineering trials and analysis, logistics, and manufacturing, all within some of the most tightly regulated environments possible. You will be implementing Planning processes, policies and procedures. Producing Planning and EV deliverables in accordance with agreed business rhythm. Delivery of long range operational integrated Programme Planning activities. Supporting the Project Controls Manager with emergent projects as directed by the Business. Developing and maintaining relationships with and awareness of key project stakeholders. Successful Candidates will be responsible for: Developing high-quality, integrated schedules in Primavera P6 ensuring ensure a range of stakeholders are involved in the development and approval of baseline schedules Ensuring the programme reflects all required milestones, key dates and dependencies Tracking progress against the project schedule including forecasting of potential problem areas and proposing mitigation measures to support decision making Providing planning and scheduling expertise in support of a project team or wider programme, sharing knowledge with and supporting less experienced members of the team A typical day for a Senior Planner could look like this: Leading on and contributing to the creation of project baselines, adding value to performance reporting and forecasting and assessment of schedule submissions from key interfaces. Meeting and working with Project Managers and some of the most innovative specialists, providing them with the guidance they need to manage and control their project delivery. Input into project business cases and change control process, risk and opportunity process and peer review. Supporting and developing members of staff, including our trainee, apprentice and graduate programmes. Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following: Demonstrable experience in development, integration, and analysis of project plans Knowledge or experience of using best practice planning processes and tools Knowledge and understanding of confidence modelling processes and techniques Highly developed interpersonal skills focused on achieving and maintaining effective working relationships to meet the project goals Excellent analytical skills along with the ability to read and interpret charts and spreadsheets Ability to manage priorities and work to challenging timescales Ability to deliver objectives on time and to high quality with minimum supervision Package: from £43,430 to £62,000 (depending on your suitability and level of experience) Location - Reading As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include: Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work) Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution) Life Assurance Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site "This job role is suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice. If you are successful, any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post. The successful candidate is required to carry out all their duties from a UK location and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time." Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. #LI-RS
We need an AWEsome Project Controls Manager to join our Project Controls team at AWE. This is an exciting time to join us as a Project Controls Manager as we begin a once in a generation programme of work in support of the United Kingdom's Continuous at Sea Deterrent. We are in the countryside between Reading and Basingstoke with onsite parking. There are good bus links between Reading, Basingstoke and Newbury. Salary: Competitive - Negotiable (depending on your suitability and level of experience). As a Project Controls Manager (within - Governance, Planning, Risk, Reporting, and Controls) you will head multi-functional Project Controls teams. It's vital that we ensure delivery of our project programmes, to do this, you'll collaborate with Project Managers and Supply Chain to produce a pragmatic baseline. You will need to engage, negotiate, and influence people across the business to ensure effective controls are in place to monitor progress, manage issues and mitigate slippage. You could be working on maintaining existing infrastructure or ensuring the successful introduction of our new capability. A typical day for you could look like this: Managing risk, including ownership of qualitative and quantitative assessments to schedule predictability and cost. Influencing and supporting project managers and procurement to ensure schedule momentum and cash flow KPI's. Role modelling best practice in conceptual estimating, funding stage gates, basic contingency principals and procurement principals. Coordinating and facilitating planning sessions and workshops to compile the master project/programme schedule baseline, ensuring an achievable duration. Utilising your expertise in procurement schedules to create achievable lead times within the schedule. Prioritising materials and equipment orders to meet scheduled install dates. Influencing key stakeholders to facilitate sign off of baseline and encouraging visibility of regular progress updates. Introducing robust change processes, ensuring schedules, interfaces, cost, risk, and changes are managed appropriately. Owning the change management process and workflow Highlighting trends and root causes of deviations against the baseline using lead and lag indicators and reporting effective remedial actions in order to drive best value for the client. We would like you to have experience of: Delivering Controls in a major project/ programme environment, ideally within Defence, Data Centre's, Life Sciences, Pharma, R&D facilities, Industrial, Manufacturing, Distribution & Logistics sectors Mentoring and developing a multi-functional controls team Meeting project deadlines Adept with controls/ general software applications such as Primavera (P6), Power BI Insight into engineering, procurement, contracts, construction processes Knowledge of engineering and construction management Heading collaborative focus groups As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you: You can find out more about our benefits HERE To apply: Please apply via AWE Careers where you will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter. Make sure that you highlight all relevant skills and experience for this job. Give us a clear view of what you can bring to the role and why you want to work with the team here at AWE. You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain Security/ Developed Vetting Clearance (funded by the AWE) in order to start with us in this role. It can take several months for clearance to come through. DVSubjectsInformationLeaflet.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk) This job role is suitable for some hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice. There is a need to be on site regularly. If successful, you will be required to carry out all of your duties from the UK and cannot do so from an overseas location at any time. Important things you need to know: Interviews will be scheduled during working hours. Interviews will be 90 minutes on TEAMS and will include a 5-to-10-minute presentation. If we receive an exceptionally high level of applications, this vacancy may close early. So don't procrastinate, refresh your CV and covering letter and apply now! For more information about the role or the recruitment journey, get in touch with me (Sunflower) at: (Sorry agencies - we don't outsource our roles) #LI-SM