Project Planning Lead

Job title: Project Planning Lead

Company: Babcock


Job description: Job Title: Project Planning Lead
Location: Stoke Gifford, Bristol or Plymouth, Devon + Hybrid Working Arrangements
Compensation: £51,941.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF62784At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Project Planning Lead at our Babcock Technology Centre or Devonport Royal Dockyard site.The role
As a Project Planning Lead, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary where you’ll be at the forefront of delivery across a diverse range of projects supporting in service Royal Navy submarines.Day-to-day, you’ll manage a diverse range of projects, ensuring precise oversight of project schedules. Your responsibilities will include accurate time and cost forecasting throughout the project lifecycle.Key duties encompass:

• Schedule Production and Review: Create schedules for new tasks and review schedules produced by others to ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
• Compliance Assurance: Ensure all planning activities comply with internal governance and contractual obligations.
• Time/Risk Analysis: Take responsibility for conducting time and risk analysis of schedules throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Team and Stakeholder Communication: Maintain high standards within the project team and keep customers and business stakeholders informed.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify, review, and apply lessons learned for continuous improvement in future requirements.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with 2 days in the office/onsite and 3 days working from home.Essential experience of the Project Planning Lead

• Knowledge of all aspects of project scheduling and planning
• Experience in building project schedules for management analysis
• Leadership, coaching and influencing skills in a matrix organisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present technical and business information clearly
• Highly motivated with strong organisation skills with attention to detail and data accuracy#

Qualifications for the Project Planning Lead

• Associate for Project Management Project Fundamentals Qualification.
• APM Project Planning & Control Practitioner certification or willingness to pursue as part of CPD.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be a sole UK national who is able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at .What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day’s paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.Closing date: 28/03/2025#BABDESTNUC#IND-PROJ

Expected salary: £51941 per year

Location: Bristol Area

Job date: Sun, 16 Mar 2025 08:57:11 GMT

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