Senior Planner

MERITUS are recruiting for a Senior Planner to join our client within the Aerospace industry ON their major site in Stevenage on an initial 12 month contract. PLEASE NOTE: We are looking for someone with an active and transferable SC clearance. SENIOR PLANNER - INSIDE IR35 - £40 PER HOUR - 12 MONTHS - STEVENAGE - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS - MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC Responsibilities 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 Essential 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