Project Planner

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation.  We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe. 

• Work within an Integrated Project Team to provide planning and project control services
• Develop, maintain, and update detailed project schedules (preferably in Safran), including Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), activities, dependencies, lookaheads and milestones.
• Monitor project progress and performance against the schedule and provide timely updates to stakeholders.
• Identify potential schedule risks, delays, and bottlenecks and provide recommendations for mitigation.
• Support risk analysis against project schedules from a time& cost point of view to establish any impact to key schedule dates and forecasts.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and contractors to collect data for schedule updates.
• Prepare and present schedule reports, forecasts, and dashboards for management and clients.
• Assist in the development of project planning procedures, standards, and best practices.
• Support project controls activities, including resource planning, cost integration, and progress tracking.
• Attend project meeting to report on project performance.
• Ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements related to project scheduling, which will the inclusion of budgeted hours and all project costs for labour, materials and subcontract works.
• Performance measurement (including Earned value management)

• Proven experience as a Project Planner or Scheduler (preferably using Safran).
• Strong understanding of project management principles, scheduling methodologies (critical path identification/analysis, milestone charts, float management including erosion etc.), and project controls principles.
• Experience with reporting tools and progress tracking techniques, that include ERP systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and organisational skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Proactive and motivated team players who can work collaboratively both within the function and the wider Integrated Project team, acting as an advocate and role model for good planning process
• Demonstrable experience in successfully planning projects of varying levels of complexity and in different stages of the Project Lifecycle.
• Analytical and logical nature with a strong desire for continuous improvement
• Able to recognise, develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships at all levels
• Knowledge of maritime, engineering or oil/gas projects is highly desirable

• APMQ/Prince 2 qualifications (desirable)
• Previous experience working within planning environment

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

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• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
• Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
• Communicating and promoting vacancies
• Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
• Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
• Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive