Details:
- Salary: £80,000 - 85,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria
- Date: 5 days ago
Description:
Westlakes Recruit are currently recruiting for a lead planner/planning manager with a background in Nuclear/Defence to be engaged on a permanent basis in Barrow, Cumbria.
Job Description
We are currently recruiting for a Lead Planner/Planning Manager to undertake duties within our Cumbria Based, Real Estate, Project Controls team, supporting our Defence sector.
The Senior Planner will work as part of our Project Controls team on high profile defence projects, providing performance reporting and analysis support. This may be part of a large team or as the key day to day contact point with the client.
Typical activities include working with cost and planning engineers to develop work breakdown structures and robust performance baselines, establishing progress and cost monitoring methods, producing project control reports and providing performance analysis and recommendations for our clients.
Qualifications
Previous experience working in a project controls environment within the defence/nuclear sector is required, as is experience in at least one of the following: Programme Controls Management, Earned Value (EVM), Change & Risk Management, Planning, Project Controls and or PMO.
Already hold or able to obtain security clearance (BPSS, SC, DV).
Applicants will ideally be degree educated, with previous industry & sector experience being essential.
Previous experience of the following tools (or one of) is also required: Oracle Primavera, MS Project, Excel, PRISM (Cost Management System)
Applicants will also require excellent written and verbal communication skills, be rigorous in following documented processes and governance and be able to demonstrate the ability to innovate in creative ways to meet the challenges of the changing project environment.
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Why We're Different:
Westlakes Recruit are a people solutions business that understands the complexities of nuclear and the importance of our clients' mission critical objectives.
Smarter, faster, more agile - we have a laser focus on nuclear, with deep sectoral knowledge. We develop nuclear talent pools before you know you need them!
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