Project Planner -Rotary

Project Planner- Rotary 
RNAS Culdrose, TR12 7RH
Permanent, 38 hours per week 
Competitive salary plus benefits 

Serco are recruiting for a Project Planner to join the Integrated Merlin Operations Support (IMOS) contract ed at RNAS Culdrose. Within this role Complying with Serco's Quality Manual, HSE policy and all site regulations. The key purpose of this role is to support the Leonardo Input Managers and Serco Management in the operational performance of their role, whilst maintaining a compliant, efficient, and effective operation in line with contractual commitments and customer working procedures.

Main Accountabilities:

• Develop and Maintain project schedules using industry standard programming/scheduling software.
• Collaborate with Planning Lead and Leonardo MDMF Management to understand project requirements and constraints, ensuring alignment with resource availability.
• Utilise scheduling software to create detailed project schedules, including task sequencing, dependencies and resource availability.
• Monitor and Track aircraft progress, regularly updating schedules to reflect actual progress and identifying any Deviations or Delays.
• Consult with MDMF management to conduct Resource planning and allocation, ensuring optimal utilisation of resources.
• Collaborate with Aircraft Engineering teams to identify critical paths, potential bottlenecks and areas of resource conflicts, proposing solutions to mitigate risks and optimise project timelines.
• Generate reports and visualisations from scheduling software to communicate project status, critical milestones and resource allocation to stakeholders.
• Continuously evaluate and refine project schedules, considering changing priorities, scope adjustments and resource availability.
• Conduct what if scenarios and simulations to assess the impact of changes, delays or resource constraints on project schedules.
• Comply with all company health and safety.
• Administration tasks are carried out as required by the Serco Management. 
• Further training courses necessary to their job are attended as required. 
• Participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives and associated programmes when required.

What you'll need to do the role: 

• Able to obtain SC Clearnance 
• Experience in Managing and Maintaining Project Schedules
• Previous experience and a thorough and good working knowledge of the following:
• Project Planning and Lean Operating Procedures.
• Experience using MS projects.
• Experience in Office 365
• Health and Safety, the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) 
• Completed a Maintenance Human Factors Course.
• Excellent leadership and people management experience.
• An excellent capability to work productively, efficiently & effectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and pressure whilst maintaining operational outputs. 

What we offer: 

• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Holidays: 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression.
• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• ShareSave scheme: Helps you save regularly with the choice to buy Serco shares at a discount at the end of your savings period.
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community.
• Charity:  You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax-free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme.

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At Serco, we see people first and foremost for their performance and potential. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool. We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. As a proud Disability Confident Leader and holder of the Gold Inclusive Employer Standard, disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. 

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