At a Glance
- Tasks: Create and manage project schedules while providing insights for decision-making.
- Company: Join a leading firm focused on protecting what matters in a hybrid work environment.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, 25 days annual leave, private health insurance, and a strong pension plan.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities for professional growth in a high-assurance environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by supporting complex projects and enhancing your planning skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in project planning and scheduling with tools like Microsoft Project is essential.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
As Project Planner you will create and maintain integrated schedules across SEA portfolios, supporting bid baselines and delivery baselines. You’ll provide schedule analysis, reporting, and risk-aware insights to help cross-functional teams make timely decisions. The role combines planning, performance measurement, and dependency management within a high-assurance environment. This is a flexible, hybrid role located at Beckington, Bristol, or Barnstaple with a focus on protecting what matters.
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus buy and sell
- Up to 16 days flexi leave accrual
- Private medical health insurance & Employee Assistance Program
- Group Pension Plan with up to 8% employer contribution
- Wellbeing Centre
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain detailed, logically linked project schedules (including master schedules)
- Develop and maintain Performance Measurement Baselines at bid stage and during delivery baselining
- Provide schedule analysis, progress reporting and performance insight for evidence-based decisions
- Identify schedule risks, opportunities, assumptions, and dependencies; support recovery or mitigation actions
Key requirements
- Demonstrable project planning and scheduling experience on complex programmes or projects
- Experience developing and maintaining logic-linked schedules in Microsoft Project or an equivalent enterprise tool
- Experience with progress measurement, forecast maintenance, critical-path analysis and schedule performance reporting
- Working knowledge of integrated project controls and relationships between scope, schedule, resource, cost, risk and change
- Experience supporting baseline development, change control and re-baselining in a controlled environment
Desirable:
- Engineering, defence, maritime or other high-assurance delivery background
- APM PMQ, APMG Project Planning and Control qualification or equivalent
- Earned Value Management, schedule risk analysis, Acumen Fuse, Power BI or equivalent tools
Project Planner in Frome employer: Systems Engineering & Assessment
At SEA, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and flexibility. With generous benefits including hybrid working arrangements, extensive training opportunities, and a strong focus on employee wellbeing, our Barnstaple, Bristol, and Beckington locations provide the perfect environment for PLM Engineers to thrive and contribute to meaningful projects that protect what matters most.
Contact Details:
Systems Engineering & Assessment Recruitment Team
