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Project Planner/Controller - INSIDE IR35 - £360 per day - WILLING TO UNDERGO SC CLEARANCE - STEVENAGE, HYBRID - 12 MONTHS - SINGLE STAGE PROCESS
Yolk Recruitment is recruiting for a Project Planner/Controller to join a 12-month project in Stevenage, working on security-cleared work within the defence industry.
The Project Planner's role involves delivering key objectives through best practice project planning, collaborating with the Business Performance Management Team and Technical Teams, and managing the Primavera Integrated Plan Network. The role includes promoting and upholding company standards in planning and scheduling.
Responsibilities:
* Analyzing ongoing progress and performance against contractual and internal targets, identifying variances and causes.
* Preparing reports and recommending actions to maintain or improve progress.
* Establishing and initiating the overall project schedule, ensuring deployment and maintenance to company standards.
* Supporting the development of planning skills across the project team, coaching team members in best practices.
* Integrating all work package plans to achieve an overall network, and managing the performance measurement baseline.
* Supporting work package teams in updating their plans monthly.
* Producing, distributing, and reporting project schedule data, advising on conflicts and corrective actions.
* Managing Earned Value Management (EVM) methodology and applying it as required.
* Managing the critical path analysis process according to company standards.
* Building good working relationships with engineers and the broader community to embed project control standards and deliver accurate performance data timely.
Skills and Experience Required:
* High competence and experience with Primavera, SAP PS, and industry-standard computing applications (especially spreadsheets).
* Strong communication skills, capable of working in large, diverse teams across engineering, finance, commercial, and project management sectors.
* Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, pan-European environment.
* Proven experience in commercial and financial management.
* Proactive team player with assertiveness, strong negotiation, and arbitration skills.
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