Product Development Engineering Supervisor
Ford Motor Company
PMP
Consultant / Senior Consultant, Planning Specialist
i3Works Ltd
full-time
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Origin: • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £45,000 - £65,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead the development, assurance, and management of project schedules and integrated schedules aligned to delivery strategies
- Act as a Planning SME, providing expert project controls input across client programmes and proactively identifying risks and opportunities to maintain schedule integrity
- Build trusted client relationships and represent i3Works’ planning and project controls capabilities in client meetings
- Develop and maintain Performance Measurement Baselines and apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles
- Integrate RAIDO elements into planning outputs and mitigation strategies and conduct Schedule Risk Analysis
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to ensure alignment on planning strategies, milestones, and deliverables
- Provide clear, timely progress updates and schedule performance reports to clients
- Support the development of proposals and bid documentation related to planning and scheduling
- Contribute to internal initiatives to improve planning methodologies, tools and operational efficiency
- Mentor junior planners and support their development through knowledge sharing and coaching
- Pursue continuous professional development to stay current with industry best practices and emerging planning technologies
Requirements
- Recognised qualifications in Project Controls or P3M (e.g., APM PMQ, PP&C, MoR)
- Deep expertise in planning and scheduling, with knowledge across broader P3M disciplines
- Expert in Primavera P6, MS Project / POL
- Familiar with agile planning tools (e.g. Jira, Trello)
- Proficient in developing, assuring and maintaining integrated schedules across full delivery lifecycles (CADMID)
- Skilled in constructing Performance Measurement Baselines and applying Earned Value Management (EVM) principles
- Experience in Schedule Risk Analysis and familiar with tool sets (e.g. Safran, Deltek, PRA)
- Proactively identify and manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities (RAIDO)
- Data analysis & reporting experience; experience with automation and dashboard tools (e.g. Power BI)
- Experience managing or mentoring others within planning or project controls functions
- Prior consultancy and client-facing experience advantageous
- Ability to hold or currently holding SC/DV clearance
- Willingness to be within an easily commutable distance of the Bristol office and able to co-locate at client locations (typically within 50 miles of Bristol or along the M4 corridor)
- Comfortable operating in hybrid delivery models and adaptable planning approaches
