Rugeley
Key Responsibilities • Develop and manage high-quality, fully integrated master schedules for large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects using Microsoft Project Professional., • Identify, articulate, and maintain the critical path; conduct scenario planning to support decisions on resourcing, phasing, and dependency management., • Collaborate closely with IPT (Project Managers, Project Engineers and Supply chain) to ensure the schedule accurately reflects work package plans, dependencies, risk mitigations, and agile planning inputs (sprints)., • Collaborate with Scrum masters to define WBS in Jira., • Engage in gathering task data from sprint review sessions in Jira to update schedules., • Integrate engineering design, validation, and delivery milestones across a complex Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)., • Work with project risk owners to identify and reflect risks, treatment plans, and emergent work into the schedule., • Provide clear, insightful reporting on schedule performance, critical paths, (near critical) float paths, progress trends, and forecasting; recommend mitigation options and actions to key stakeholders., • Support and enable Agile planning cycles by aligning IMS-level activities with sprint/epic planning and delivery cadences., • Support the senior planner to embed governance for schedule baselines, change control, and schedule quality; enforce schedule standards and tools across the team., • Liaise with external customer planners and ensure alignment of schedule data, formats, and reporting expectations., • Lead project teams in planning best practices and act as the schedule subject matter expert within the programme community. Qualifications And Experience Essential • Proven experience in schedule management for large-scale, multi-year, engineering-based programmes (ideally in defence, aerospace, or high-tech manufacturing)., • Demonstrated experience of building and managing Integrated Master Schedules using Microsoft Project Professional, Standard., • Strong understanding of project risk management and its scheduling implications., • Strong understanding of creating views for critical and float paths in MS Project Professional., • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including direct liaison with customers., • Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively in a high-performance, multi-disciplinary environment., • Data analysing, interrogating Excel data for transfer and manipulation into MS Project. Desirable • Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery frameworks; familiarity with JIRA or similar Agile task management tools., • Experience of working with resource allocation tools and scenario modelling., • Degree qualified in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience)., • Exposure to Earned Value Management (EVM) and cost/schedule integration; membership of a recognised PM body (APM, PMI)., • Familiarity with DCMA assessment., • Experience of planning schedules, creating critical or float paths and integration with other ERP tools using Oracle P6. What We Offer • A dynamic role with influence across strategic programmes., • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements., • Opportunities for professional development in a growing, high-performing team., • The chance to directly shape and influence the delivery of high-impact national defence projects. Note: All candidates must meet the security vetting requirements relevant to the role. For reasons of national security, applicants must be British nationals. Dual nationals may be permitted in exceptional circumstances.