Job details

Job Purpose:

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Project Planner to join STFC Accelerator Science and Technology Centre at Daresbury Laboratory for an initial 6 months to help update and develop the project schedules.

You will be working within the Programmes Group at the Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire with responsibilities for delivering projects plans within the ASTeC programme.

Candidates must be experienced Project Planner with a proven track record of significant project delivery on large scale complex projects.

As a Project Planner, your main responsibilities will be to: 

• Be part of an exciting collaborative team delivering an international scientific project.
• Be a pro-active individual, with strong soft skills.
• Be comfortable for being responsible for creating, managing and maintaining project schedules on Microsoft Project.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders (Internal) to ensure effective and efficient implementation of project plans.
• Be highly motivated and passionate about the work you do.
• Support the delivery of complex technical projects whilst being responsible for managing the project schedule.
• Assist in the delivery of project management plans and schedules.
• Work alongside management to identify tasks and assign responsibilities/resources.
• Monitor progress; analysing variances, earned value management (EVM) and schedule performance monitoring.
• Prepare project status reports for the project manager.
  

You’ll have relevant experience in:

• Experience in project planning and scheduling.
• Proficient knowledge of project management methodologies and tools.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively and work under pressure.
• High level of knowledge and demonstrated experience using Microsoft Project.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communications skills
• Have strong computer skills and be experienced in the use of MS Office, including SharePoint.
• Be prepared to work flexibly to meet specific deadlines.
• Ability to execute tasks independently, yet work collaboratively within a team
• Experience creating and reporting on a probabilistic schedule.
  

Desirable:

• Formal qualification in Project Management e.g. APMP or Prince 2
• HNC/HND/Degree in a relevant engineering discipline because of the technical nature of the project delivery model.
• Support the delivery of complex technical projects whilst being responsible for managing the project schedule.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply or get in touch with Michelle.floyd@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (BEIS UKRI) guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.