Project Planner

Graduate Project Manager ( Planning)

£31,000pa

Basildon

Our prestigious client is looking for a entry level project planner to work on complex, state of the art aerospace and defence projects working with a highly expereinced project planning team.

Key Responsibilities -Graduate Project Manager ( Planning)

• Maintain the accuracy of project plans, ensuring they reflect the project objectives, are updated in a timely manner and are communicated to all IPT members.

• Ensure plans are integrated into overall project requirement, with dependencies to other functions identified through scenario planning.

• Work for and as part of the IPT to interrogate and identify cost and schedule variance.

• Prepare and analyse data (earned value, critical path) required to influence programme decision making.

• Contribute to the preparation, management and review of bids, and communicate to the relevant internal stakeholders in order to support the defined requirements.

• Creating and maintaining detailed project plans in a professional scheduling tool.

• Assist with the maintenance of the risk and opportunities register.

Skills, Qualifications - Graduate Project Manager ( Planning)

• Good team working skills including coordinating other planners to balance workload, support in appropriate plan definition and with planning technical issues.

• Proactive and a 'can-do' attitude approach.

• Task focused and able to provide accurate, repeatable information in a timely manner.

• Striving for continuous improvement, effectiveness and efficiency.

• Ability to influence internal stakeholders, using data and analysis to support reasoning

• Good computer literacy, including all Microsoft Office applications and Microsoft Project.

• Proficient in use of SAP Tool. Training in the use of planning and project management aspects will be provided.

• Strong communication and negotiation skills.

• Understanding of the principles and practice of Life Cycle Management (Product, Business Winning and Project Lifecycles).

• General product and manufacturing process knowledge will also be an advantage.