Planning Scheduling Capability Lead

Job Title:              Planning Scheduling Capability Lead
Location:              UK Bristol + Hybrid with flexible working Options

Compensation:    Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type:           Full time / Permanent
Role ID:               SF46405

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Planning Scheduling Capability Lead at our Babcock Technology Centre in Bristol Business Park.
 
Babcock is a trusted provider of integrated solutions for global defence and security. We have a wide portfolio of best-in-class intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance solutions, communications, and weapons launch and handling solutions across all domains, integrating the best of industry to meet our customers’ needs.

The role
As a Planning Scheduling Capability Lead within our Mission Systems sector, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. In this role you will be responsible for developing, implementing and leading on the schedule management approach for a complex programme or project. 

• Responsible for embedding schedule management plans, governance and assurance whilst leading on the development/baselining and maintenance of a robust integrated project schedule, ensuring alignment between the integrated scheduling toolsets and the company's financial and material demand toolset.
• Working with various stakeholders to ensure the integrated schedule is reflective of all contract work and deliverables, reflects current status\progress and is used to drive focused and effective delivery. 
• Supporting the implementation/development of best practice schedule management approaches across the wider Project Management & Project Controls function within Mission Systems.

This role is full-time and based at our Babcock Technology Centre in Bristol Business Park, Stoke Gifford. We offer flexible, hybrid working to give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met. 

Essential experience of the Planning Scheduling Capability Lead

• Extensive recent and relevant experience in a similar environment / business sector 
• Advanced knowledge and experience of using Primavera P6
• Experience of undertaking, or supporting, Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (I.e. Monte Carlo)

Qualifications for the Planning Scheduling Capability Lead
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience then we would like to hear from you.

The successful candidate must be able to achieve SC security clearance for this role.

Our Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme up to 8% of salary, with life assurance
• 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

Babcock International 
For over a century Babcock International have 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. 

If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please let us know. 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.

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