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Planner

37 Hours

Raynesway

Why Rolls-Royce?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Planner within the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business.

This is a great opportunity to be part of the Regeneration of the Raynesway Nuclear Licenced Site. This once in a lifetime major infrastructure programme is replacing the current facilities with modern state of the art manufacturing capability.

Our Submarines Business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. We support the Royal Navy as the Technical Authority for all UK Naval Reactor Submarine Plants, and we're continuing to build our nuclear sector capability to support the development of a new nuclear plant for future submarines.

For you, this means unique opportunities to shape the future of the Submarines business.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

We are looking for a capable and proactive person to join our growing team and be a key member of the project management team. This role is responsible for the creation and management of schedules that reflect the work required to deliver the customer/business requirements. As part of a team within the programme, the planner leads the APly planning process and maintains the business planning system for the assigned work scope. You will be required to interface with the work scope stakeholders to monitor and control work through the project lifecycle using the integrated planning system providing accurate and timely management information.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

You will work with key stakeholders to capture the project work scope, in line with customer requirements. This could include the development of a Product Breakdown Structure (PBS), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Statement of Work (SOW) and Basis of Estimate (BOE). You will also:

• Ensure that all schedules are generated, maintained, and updated in line with the APly planning cycle
• Analysis and production of monthly management information or reporting in a timely manner. This includes but is not limited to milestone slippage, critical path analysis, resource demand & availability, float erosion, identification of schedule risks, issues and opportunities. Undertake schedule variance analysis to identify and report deviations, triggering exception reports as appropriate. Identification & use of Earned Value Management techniques as required
• Maintain and update resourced schedules (at team level), advising on resource clashes and potential issues, in order to obtain commitment from Resource Managers and suppliers for resource Load and Capacity
• Coordinate Live Progress Updates session in order to gather accurate project progress status information and update schedules (for internal scope, progress must be updated face-to-face and external scope as appropriate), reforecasting activity durations and resource as required. Accountable for inclusion, management and updating of supplier, subcontractor schedules within the Control Account Schedule (CAS)
• Accountable for identifying schedule impact issues within the CAS and proactively pursue solutions within the baseline boundaries of quality, cost and time. Also understanding any impacts to internal and external deliverables or dependencies
• Controlling the budgeted and actual cost information associated with each assigned CAS(s), this includes understanding all resources required to deliver the scope and maintaining alignment between activities in both SAP & P6

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Experience of working in an Integrated Project Team environment ideally gained within the engineering/manufacturing sector
• Qualified in or working towards a related professional qualification (APM) or entry level qualification (HND or Foundation Degree)
• Experience of developing schedules of work involving multiple projects (preferably using Primavera P6)
• Demonstrate a positive attitude to deliver on promises and commitments
• Adapt to changes in the working environment, managing competing demands to make the best use of time and resources
• Ability to deliver accurate work within service level agreements and use initiative to work through issues and barriers
• Experience of managing a number of tasks simultaneously, prioritising activity to meet deadlines

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

Closing date: 24/08/2023

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

11 Aug 2023; 00:08