Senior Project Planner

SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) is a market leader in the domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are a respected, established, and an ambitious multi-national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base.

The company has a worldwide impact in the marine sector by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies, products, and systems that significantly enhance security, safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. Our customers are global and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners.

SRT is an exciting company where high-quality results are rewarded. We are ambitious and constantly seek to innovate in order to deliver better products and services to our customers. We strive to make SRT a rewarding and challenging place to work, where talented, hard-working individuals have the opportunity to make a real impact across the marine industry.

Role overview of our Senior Project Planner

As our Senior Project Planner you will be working within the project delivery function at SRT, liaising closely with a number of departments both in the UK and our Global Project teams.

This is a new, exciting and varied role for a dynamic new colleague who is seeking to progress their career into an industry sector that is unique and fast paced. If you have worked in Construction, Civil Infrastructure, or Civil Engineering this may very well be your next career move.

The role of Senior Project Planner role is primarily based form one of our UK offices, but you must be willing to travel to our projects overseas, the role has the added advantage of Hybrid working.  

Please note: The successful new colleague will have recent and proven experience using Microsoft Project and will have a strong working background in either a construction, or civil engineering environment.

Responsibilities - Senior Project Planner

Reporting directly to the PMO Manager and working within the Systems Delivery department, you as the Senior Project Planner will be responsible for engaging and planning with all existing and new global projects in SRT’s Systems Delivery business, specifically (not exhaustive):

• Build project schedules from scratch encompassing full project scope, milestones, timelines and resource allocation, using critical path methodology
• Ensure clear responsibility and ownership for all project outcomes is defined via Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Ensure there is a clear method in place for developing, managing and baselining project schedules and manage periodic updates
• Identify and emphasise critical milestones to key stakeholders to maintain project timelines
• Develop and manage the project schedules and structure to allow a tailored view for the Executives, Supply Chain, Engineering and other business areas
• Develop Resource Pool to ensure accurate resource allocation and profiling is available at all times
• Negotiate and mediate timelines and project inter-dependencies between key partners
• Produce consolidated, high-quality view of planning horizon and forward view of 3 to 12 months
• Prepare high quality status reports and dashboards for project stakeholders, which include resource allocation and KPIs
• Review external customer / in-country partner schedules to ensure that they are compiled using scheduling best practices
• Support PMO in facilitating risk and opportunity activities, governance documentation, project procurement activities and general project administration when needed

Requirements - Senior Project Planner

• ESSENTIAL - Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Project 
• ESSENTIAL - Previous experience working in a Construction, Civil Engineering or Civil Infrastructure environment 
• Strong demonstrable experience in a similar role with in-depth knowledge and understanding of Microsoft Project
• Ability to understand the status of a project and link the schedule to the reality of the execution
• Quickly understand the risks and opportunities in the schedule, identify and drive appropriate actions
• Ability to build and maintain productive relationships with key stakeholders
• Experience working on international projects is desirable but not essential
• Appreciation of cultural differences in overseas territories and ability to communicate well with overseas colleagues
• Desire to build a solid, secure career with a rapidly growing company

Benefits

• Highly Competitive Salary and benefits package
• 25 days annual leave rising to 28 days with service
• Real individual development opportunities
• Company “Get to know you” days

SRT Marine Systems plc are an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.