Project Planning Capability Lead

Job Title: Project Planning Capability Lead
Location: Ashton House, Bristol
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF55286
At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Planning Capability Lead at our Bristol site.
The role
As a Project Planning Capability Lead, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. The Project Planning Capability Lead role is based within our Gunnery Programme of our Mission Systems business area. We are a growing business unit with aspirations to become the gunnery centre of excellence for the Royal Navy providing Overhaul and In Service Support of Royal Navy weapon systems.
Day to day, you'll developing, implement and lead on the schedule management approach of a variety of different weapon systems contracts, as well as:

• Report on project performance against the baseline
• Embed schedule management plans, governance and assurance whilst leading on the development/baselining and maintenance of a robust integrated project schedule.
• Ensure alignment between the integrated scheduling toolsets and the companies financial and material demand toolset.

This role is a hybrid role with 1-2 days per week onsite at Ashton House, Bristol
Essential experience of the Project Planning Capability Lead:

• Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector
• Advanced knowledge and experience of using Primavera P6
• Experience of undertaking, or supporting, Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (I.e. Monte Carlo)
• An understanding of EVM and using it to report project health (I.e. SPI CPI)

Qualifications for the Project Planning Capability Lead:

• We value difference and we don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve BPSS security clearance for this role.
Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock International have helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 07/01/2024
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