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SalaryJob Title: Scheduler
Location: Portsmouth – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements
Salary: Up to £46,000 depending on skills and experience
What you’ll be doing:
As a Scheduler, you will develop, maintain and communicate comprehensive, logically linked and resourced project plans, proactively monitor progress and changes, manage stake holder reviews and produce risk based what-if scenarios and metrics, ensuring that relevant stakeholders within Operations, the Project and the customer community are consulted and fully bought into the quality of the plan. To help maintain standard project network libraries ensuring that any previous feedback and performance history has been taken into account. Your core duties will include:
- Accountable for maintaining quality standards within Plans and compliance to governance controls and schedule health measures, ensuring schedules remain relevant to work enablement and project delivery
- Ability to carry out ship visits to evaluate customer requirments in more detail and understand project progress
- PC literate with Microsoft Project and able to use an ERP system and other Integrated Business Systems (IBS) without supervision to undertake the planning role
- Logical, analytical and structured approach to problem solving
- Ability to motivate self and others to identify and deliver tasks within acceptable time frames
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Previous experience in refit/installation/repair experience in a Maritime/Oil & Gas or similar engineering environment
- Awareness of general H&S/Environmental regulations and safe working practices
- Experience of working on medium to large scale projects
Desirable:
- Knowledge of RN/Commercial platforms and systems along with MoD systems and references for technical data such as Books of Reference
- Understanding and compliance with Company HR, SHE, & Quality policies and processes, awareness of general H&S/Environmental regulations and safe working practices in ship repair environment
- Experience of MS Projects or any other Scheduling tools
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Maritime team:
As a scheduler, you will mainly work on one medium to large project but within a wider team of around 15 schedulers. There will be opportunities to work with other schedules on larger-scale projects. This is a customer-facing role where you will explain changes and what impacts these may have and you will work closely with Project Managers and Project Controllers, the Delivery and engineering teams – as well as senior stakeholders within the MOD.
Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Closing Date:23rd January 2024
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
