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Master Planner (Ascent Flight Training)

Employer
Babcock
Location
Bristol, GB, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
26 May 2019

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Clearance Level
SC, None / Undisclosed
Sector
Defence, Engineering
Job Type
Permanent

Job Details

Location - Bristol
Contract - Permanent
 
Reporting to the Deputy MD, this position develops and maintains accurate programme schedules with programme and project managers across the business including facilitating a collaborative process with our customer across the UKMFTS Ascent programmes.
There is also a requirement to ensure the quality and accuracy of schedules, early identification of opportunities and risks within the schedules thus leading to a coherent, inclusive and realistic schedules.
 
To apply please visit Ascents website directly at - https://ascentflighttraining.com/master-planner/
Key Responsibilities
Planning Management
  • To be responsible for the development and management of any programme plans and the production of analysis, metrics and reports against which the programme performances can be measured
  • Develop and maintain plans; liaise with programme and functional managers on resource and capability utilisation/availability
  • Ensure the schedule adheres to defined programme strategy/requirement, identifying opportunities for improvements
  • Critical path analysis undertaken to facailitate de-risking of schedules
  • Assess impact of schedule changes providing constructive challenge to assumptions and logic as required
  • Provide expert input at planning meetings including TSIP reviews, protecting integrity of schedules and alignment to execution plans
  • Maintaining quality requirements with regard to scheduling/planning across all Ascent programmes ensuring standardisation of outputs, compliance with regulations and company policies
     
Other
  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure agreement to achedules across multi-functional areas, through timely communication and engagement
     
Partnering
  • Uphold partnering behaviours and participate in events as required
 
Health, Safety & Environment/Air Safety
  • Uphold adherence to the Health, Safety & Environmental Polices and Air Safety responsibilities
 
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential:
  • Pragmatic approach to issues, process oriented
  • Ability to deisgn processes and manageable metrics
  • Understanding of Good Industry practices
  • PC literate
  • Expert user of P6 and Mircosoft project
  • Good communication, facilitative and planning skills
  • Good People skills
  • Business Acumen, adaptable
 
Desirable:
  • Self developing, initiative
  • Member of a recognised Scheduling bodies eg PRMIA, PMI or Primavera P6 EPPM advanced
 
Benefits
In return, we will provide you with a generous benefits package including the equivalent to 25 days annual leave, a Defined Contribution Pension plan, access to a range of flexible benefits, an Employee Assistance Programme, and Private Medical Insurance.
 
Our Values
One Ascent Team
Ability and evidence of being a role model of Ascent values:
 
Responsive
  • Hours not days; days not weeks
  • Giving the best possible answer every time

Respectful
  • Listening to everyone's views
  • Professional & supportive to all our partners and colleagues

Safe
  • Total Safety: Airsafety, HSSE & Airworthiness
  • Immediate escalation of issues
     
Security
Successful candidates will need to satisfy Ministry of Defence Security requirements and may be required to complete a medical assessment.
 

Conflicts of Interest
In order to discharge Ascent's primary UKMFTS duty to the MOD to identify and avoid or mitigate conflicts of interest in conjunction with our activities as MOD's Training Service Partner, Ascent must ensure that no employee or secondee working for Ascent is materially restricted by any conflict of interest when carrying out duties and functions on its behalf. Therefore, candidates who are currently working for or have been employed during the previous 2 years by organisations such as MOD, Babcock, Lockheed Martin or any related group entity or any organisation bidding into the UKMFTS contract should note that Ascent reserves the right to request further information in relation to that candidate's current or previous employment history and/or take other appropriate steps to ensure Ascent's full compliance with its primary obligation. Any concerns you have should be discussed with the Ascent HR representative prior to submitting of a Curriculum Vitae.
 
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Company

For more than a century, Babcock has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly-skilled engineering support.

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration, infrastructure management, and specialist training, we help customers around the world to improve the capability, reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine, Land, Aviation, and Nuclear.

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