Lead Project Planner

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) designs, manufactures and supports world leading military vehicles. The business is currently preparing for an exciting period of growth ahead of key armoured vehicle programmes for the UK MOD. We are now looking for proactive individuals with a willingness to lead and integrate into large engineering development programmes.

given the opportunity to stretch and grow, and continuously develop in a dynamic and high performing group delivering a high status project.

If you are driven to succeed, thrive on challenge, and are interested making your mark in the field of military vehicle development, this role should hold much appeal.

Overview - Position Purpose

This individual will report into the Project Controls Manager (PCM) and will hold responsibility for the overall planning activity on the Challenger 3 programme. This will include; This is a unique opportunity to become part of the team developing, integrating and testing one of the most revered and battle-proven armoured vehicles in the world. You will become a key part of the engineering team, leading and executing your own technical area to enable the successful delivery of the programme.

We are building a team of engineers, managers and leaders who will drive excellence and deliver the best for our customers. As part of this team you will be

• development and maintenance of the L1 programme plan;
• establishing and reporting against the programme critical path;
• management of L2 plan interfaces;
• management and coaching of planning team;
• ownership of the customer planning relationship

Key Stakeholders for the role include (but are not limited to)

• Project Control Manager
• Control Account Managers
• Technical Project Management Team
• Project Professionals
• Programme planners
• Programme Manager

Position Duties and Responsibilities

• Generation, update and maintenance of the L0 and L1 Joint Integrated Project Schedule (JIPS) summarising numerous subordinate schedules using several planning methodologies
• Establishment of programme critical path and reporting on performance and variances to plans
• Management and review of the L2 plans, in particular the interfaces between the plans and the structure to support the L1 plan
• Oversight of updates to Level 4 plans by the planning team
• Ownership of the planning relationship and deliverable to the customer
• Maintaining quality standards within all plans, ensuring compliance with industry standard schedule health measures
• Undertake what if/scenario planning
• Provide leadership and guidance to planners on the programme
• Provide support to PCM monthly review cycle as planning SME
• Key involvement in programme planning governance cycle
• Support the PCM within monthly Control Account Manager reviews including assisting with planning dependant outputs such as Risk Management, resource management, EVM and reporting
• Share best practice in planning techniques from across industry

WHAT QUALIFICATIONS YOU SHOULD HAVE

• Proven experience in planning and integration of various internal & external schedules into a master schedule (Essential)
• Advanced level proficiency of MS Project (Essential)
• Broad experience in a complex project environment, a PMO or other project reporting environment (Essential)
• Project management qualification from an accredited body such as APM or PRINCE (Desirable)
• Good working knowledge of Earned Value Management (Desirable)
• A good understanding on the principles of risk and schedule risk management (Desirable)
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and presentational
• Ability to work cross-functionally
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confidence to challenge and question their peers when needed

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

We want RBSL to be an employer of choice and for our employees to build a career they can be proud of with us. Through our contracts to deliver world-class products and support, we are able to offer great opportunities for personal development and career advancement through specialist technical roles, essential support functions and leadership positions.

In addition, RBSL offer:

• Competitive salaries reviewed each year against market
• Hybrid and flexible working over a 4.5 day week
• Annual incentive scheme
• Life assurance
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays
• Long Service rewards with additional holiday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Health cash plan
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%
• Salary sacrifice benefits including cycle to work and electric vehicles schemes
• Access to high street and gym discounts and cashback
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Private health care, car allowances and company car for some employees

CONTACT INFORMATION

Contact Person: Iwona Kurpiewska