Lead end-to-end planning and schedule management for complex engineering and defence programmes, from proposal capture through execution. Responsibilities include maintaining integrated master schedules, validating cost and schedule integration, managing performance measurement baselines, integrating risks and opportunities, resolving schedule conflicts, tracking earned value and critical paths, and preparing schedule information for client and management reviews.
About the role
We’re looking for a Senior Project Planner to join our Special Projects team at our Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. This role benefits from our 4xFlex working pattern, offering a 4-day working week Monday – Thursday.
As part of the Special Projects team you could be required to work onsite up to 4 days a week
You’ll play a key role in supporting the end-to-end planning lifecycle — from proposal to execution — helping deliver some of the UK’s most complex and innovative engineering programmes.
What You'll Be Doing
- Maintain the end-to-end lifecycle of planning and schedule management in support of programme capture and execution.
- Lead proposal preparation planning including development of planning artefacts for solicitation response. Interfaces with program management, senior management and the contractual customer as the programs planning integrator.
- Manage the validation of cost and schedule integration for effective program performance management.
- Manage the vertical and horizontal integration between all schedules and other program artefacts compliant with LM's command media.
- Manage the modelling and measuring techniques to integrate risks and opportunities with schedule and cost baseline.
- Manage the resolution of schedule conflicts, develops and implements work-around strategies and tactical alternatives.
- Utilises performance and health metrics to communicate actions to the programme team resulting in improved program performance.
- Maintenance and status updates of the IMS on a weekly & monthly basis.
- Manage the Maintenance of the Performance Measurement Baseline.
- Support to the Project Business Rhythm.
- Manage the generation of Schedule Information for client and management reviews.
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- 4-day working week (Mon–Thu) – enjoy a true work–life balance.
- 2-4 days a week onsite depending on business needs
- Collaborative culture – work alongside some of the brightest minds in UK engineering.
- Be part of an organisation delivering cutting-edge Defence and technology programmes that make a real impact.
The successful candidate must achieve the appropriate level (DV) of security clearance. More details can be found here
Required skills, qualifications and experience
- Experience as a Project Planner, or similar PMO Planning role
- Experience of Primavera P6, or similar Planning software
- Experience of managing Resource loaded Schedules
- Experience of Earned Value Management and Critical Path Management
- A confident individual who will ensure that best planning practice is always adhered to, even in occasional pressurised situations
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
- Ability to quickly adapt to new tools, systems, and processes
Desired Skills
- Active DV clearance
- SAP cost planning & reporting
- Background in Defence, MoD, or other complex engineering environments
Lockheed Martin London, England Office
15 Regent Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1Y 4LR
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