Integrated Planning Manager

We are recruiting for an Integrated Planning Manager/Project Planner for a leading Defence organisation based in Portsmouth. Ideally you will have SC Clearance, if not you must be eligible to obtain it. Tasks & Accountabilities * Creation, maintenance and timely delivery of the top level and lower level schedules, and Integrated Project Team (IPT) schedules * Analysing project costs versus project forward load in conjunction with resource tracking / management on behalf of the Project Manager * Payment Milestone tracking * Risk analysis tracking * Change Control * Support management consolidation, judgement, recommendations and the timely provision of all necessary management data and reporting information * Provide consolidated project reports on a monthly and quarterly basis to senior management including special focus reports as required * Create and maintain standardised templates for schedules and project reporting * Project administration support to the Project Manager and the project team Skills & Experience * Experienced in working within a Project Management, including scheduling, logic checking, Earned Value and Risk Management * Knowledge of planning best practice, e.g. logic linking/dependencies, resource scheduling, preforming schedule health checks, Critical Path analysis, and work Breakdown Structure (WBS) * Planning to stage boundaries – contingency planning * Good knowledge/understanding of Project Management methodologies * Excellent knowledge and proficient use of both MS Project Professional & Primavera P6 Professional * This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35