SWS Planning Officer in Glasgow

Location: Coulport, near Helensburgh (Scotland - 20 minutes north of Helensburgh)

Package: £37,000 (Dependant on experience and suitability for the role)

Working pattern: Monday – Thursday (core hours)

You will act as Planning Officer for all required facilities, generating production plans and delegating tasks for the work areas supported. The SWS Planning Officer will provide support to other areas of the PL business area.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Manage, prepare, produce and monitor production plans for relevant work areas.
• Identify any areas of concern or serious shortcomings which affect Strategic Weapon System planning activities to Line Manager.
• Ensure adherence to the regulations laid down in all relevant Control Procedures (CPP’s), Work Instructions, MOD client and company procedures.
• Prepare and issue plans which detail the operations, maintenance, training for each facility.
• Prepare and deliver daily/weekly management briefs and presentations.
• Represent the company at internal/external meetings / briefs as required, including the production of any associated supporting materials/presentations.
• Maintain accurate database records of all processing plans for all required and associated items.
• Provide updates on processing information as required to senior management and stakeholders.
• Chair/support scheduling meetings for relevant work areas.
• Liaise with required internal and external authorities on all Strategic Weapon System related tasking / planning matters.
• Assess updates to the external programme documents for impact to depot processing schedules and advise senior management.
• Raise work demands as necessary to support production plans.
• To support Line Manager with monitoring and progressing the clearance of audits corrective action measures.
• Support work colleagues within the planning team, as required and directed.
• To ensure compliance with Security Regulations as detailed in the Depot Security Orders.
• Receive regular on the job training, competency and certification to ensure competency is maintained.

Some reasons we think you’ll love it here:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 266 hours of annual leave.
• Subsidised Transport Service to the site.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and on-site Occupational Health Services, which includes access to physiotherapy, GP, counselling support, financial advice.
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution).
• Life Assurance.
• Discounts – access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing – more information available on our careers site.

Next steps:

Everyone who works at AWE brings unique skills and perspectives to the table. We recognise that great people don’t always ‘tick every box’. That’s why we focus on your potential, your fit with our values, your transferable skills as well as your experience. Even if you don’t meet every point above, but you feel that this role and AWE are a great fit for you, please go ahead and apply, we’d love to receive your application.

Important things you need to know:

• We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
• You will need to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role. This will be funded by AWE.
• The nature of our work does mean you need to be a British Citizen who has been resident in the UK for the past 5 years in order to apply for SC clearance and 10 years for DV.

We want you to feel comfortable and able to shine during our recruitment process. Please let us know on your application form if you need any adjustments/accommodations during the process. Our interviews typically take place over Teams and for most roles are a 1 stage process.

Our ambition is to create workplaces where we recognise and celebrate differences, encourage diverse contributions and our employees feel able to be themselves at work. We strive to create a genuine culture of openness and inclusion and encourage diverse applicants. Any inclusion information you provide will be stored in accordance with GDPR and kept separate from your application form and CV, and the information will not be shared with anyone involved in interviewing or making hiring decisions.

Please note that you must be a British Citizen to apply for a role with us.

If you’re looking for a role with excitement, intrigue and something that really makes a difference then now is the time to join AWE. We are at the start of a once in a generation – possibly two generations – programme to design and produce a replacement warhead for the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent. We will do this while continuing to deliver the Trident programme as well as managing ambitious state-of-the-art capital and construction projects – some of which have never been done before.