Project Scheduler/Planner in Farnborough

Job Location – Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire OR Farnborough, Hampshire

Flexible or part-time working arrangements considered upon request

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK: L3Harris in Tewkesbury and Farnborough are both part of our Global Spectrum Superiority (GS2) division. In the land domain, our T7 and T4 multi-mission robots deliver next-generation remote capabilities and uncompromised performance. We design and manufacture world-leading land force protection systems, cyber and electromagnetic activities (CEMA), electronic warfare (EW) and encryption capabilities. Our cyber capabilities provide an information advantage in the fields of kinetic conflict, cyber warfare, force protection and counterterrorism.

The Project Scheduler/Planner is a pivotal role within our organisation that will develop and maintain complex programme schedules including resource loading and schedule analysis. This requires substantial liaison with Project Managers, Functional Managers, and other stakeholders to ensure integration of schedules across functions. This role will help implement formats, tools and tracking/reporting methods to standardise the Project Planning and Scheduling processes across the Business, taking ownership of specific project/programme schedules as allocated.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Hybrid working where possible, three days onsite per week
• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve:

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Primary responsibility for providing planning and scheduling expertise to deliver consistent and accurate project schedules for L3Harris projects aligned to industry standard best practice.
• Develop and maintain the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) for allocated projects/programmes.
• Drive team engagement through the baseline process in support of both Customer and internal reviews to gain approval for the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
• Maintain cost and schedule integration throughout project execution.
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures and project control system guidelines.
• Adhere to the defined project business rhythm plan to support the monthly status update and reporting process, including attending and leading schedule status reviews.
• Perform Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Metric Analysis and Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) with inputs from the project/programme team.
• Ensure compliance to Earned Value Management (EVM) standards on identified programmes.
• Carry out root cause analysis to understand what is driving critical issues within project/programmes and support the identification of Return To Green plans.
• Identify and take a lead in making improvements to processes, systems, solutions, or products to enhance performance of the planning and scheduling job area.

What you’ll bring:

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Experienced in project planning and scheduling experience.
• Highly computer literate including MS Office and advanced user of MS Project.
• Confidence in ensuring compliance with internal programme procedures and project control system guidelines.
• Experience in key schedule analysis techniques including Critical Path Analysis, Schedule Risk Analysis and Schedule Integrity checks.
• Attend and lead scheduling status reviews and conduct briefings with senior leaders which require ability to communicate matters of importance to the function or business area.

Desirable:

• Industry recognised Project Management qualification, such as APM.
• Experience in creating and presenting Integrated Master Schedules and any supporting schedules on assigned projects/programmes.
• Defense industry and/or experience of an engineering organization.
• Experience of MS Server, SAP, SharePoint (and Power BI).
• EVMS – Earned Value Management Systems.

Important to know:

Due to the nature of our work many of our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.