Saabgroup
Project Planner
United Kingdom · Work style not stated · Full time
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- EmployerSaabgroup
- LocationUnited Kingdom
- Work styleWork style not stated
- Employment typeFull time
- Employer posted
Introduction
Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.
What you will be part of
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.
Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.
Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.
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Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.
The Role
This role will be working closely with the Program Manager, Work Package Leads and project Financial Controller to create and maintain project plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a hierarchy of plans from Program to Work Package level
- Develop and maintain the schedule granularity for each work package to enable an appropriate level of control and reporting
- Ensure dependencies between work packages are reflected in the delivery schedule
- Develop a consistent format for project plans across the project
- Provide “progress against plan” reporting at an appropriate level for team members, Program Manager and Steering Groups explaining variances from baseline plan
- Actively support the project risk and issue management process
- Support the transition of the project plans into a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool
Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience working in New Product Development and New Product Introduction projects
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Project, Jira and Excel
- Experience of working with ERP/MRP
- Experience of working with a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool
- A project management qualification (e.g. APM, Prince2, PMI) is preferable
By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.
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