Morson are recruiting a number of Planning Engineers and Assistant Planning Engineers for 6 month contracs with our leading Plymouth based client. The Planning Engineers must be ok to work 1 - 2 days/week on site in Plymouth, this is not a remote role. 

The Planning Engineers will join the Project Management Office (PMO) with responsibility for the delivery of project planning services across the Capital Investment Portfolio (50m-100m per annum). The Capital Investment Portfolio covers the delivery of Infrastructure Projects across the site. This is an exciting opportunity to become a part of a highly capable and motivated team as we continue to grow and deliver complex outputs in support of the UK submarine programme.

This role will suit candidates with a background in scheduling, project management and project controls as well as people with existing project experience in a supporting role.

Covering a wide range of projects, the successful candidate shall be responsible for providing professional schedule management services across the Capital Investment Portfolio Team. The role will provide a key interface between project managers, commercial, engineering, construction, projects, subcontractors and supply chain functions to aid the effective scheduling of the projects undertaken.

Other responsibilities may include
• Lead a programme of works within the Infrastructure Planning team with the tactical scheduling of live projects
• Supporting the implementation and maturity of Infrastructure strategic objectives
• Assisting the Project/Programme Managers in all aspects of Scheduling
• Prepare and deliver data that is necessary to internal and external schedule driven reports and documentation (including Cost, Risk, Estimating, Change)
• Alignment of Project Cost with the nominated scheduling software (Primavera P6)
• Assist the development of project/programme annual-spend projections, critical path management, and cost and schedule variance analyses

A background in Project Management and/or Scheduling is preferred. 

The following attributes are considered for this role:
• Primavera P6 Advanced 
• APM PPC Foundation (Desired but not essential)
• APM PFQ (Desired but not essential)
• Experience in Project Management (Desired but not essential)
• Level 3 Qualification

Please be aware that these roles are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum have 5 years of continuous residency in the UK to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.