Job Title – Senior Project Scheduler

Job Location – Bristol, UK

We can offer hybrid working pattern, with time in our offices and your home, to enable a good work-life balance. We do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (3 days per week on average).

Job ID – 14651

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris MAPPS (Bristol, Burgess Hill and Barrow-in-Furness) provides an Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) for the Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates. This software provides integrated monitoring and control of ship propulsion, electrical functions, auxiliaries and damage control machinery and systems.

A few of our employee benefits

• 1pm finish every Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Support and maintenance of Microsoft Project server including
  • Enterprise resources, including rates
  • Project metadata and enterprise custom fields
  • Creation of enterprise workflows
  • Interface to Data Warehouse, Deltek Cobra and Jira
• Take ownership of and develop scheduling processes
• Deliver scheduling support to a range of projects as required
• Assist with continuous improvement of the PM function

What you’ll bring

The role of Senior Project Scheduler requires the following experience and skills:

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience with Microsoft Office, with a strong knowledge of Microsoft Project
• Experience of administering MS Project Service including enterprise resource pools, custom fields and permissions
• Experience in creating and managing dependencies between master and sub-project schedules
• Sound appreciation of the methods and tools used for planning and scheduling of engineering projects
• Conversant with project costing systems and project risk management
• Knowledge and application of Earned Value techniques
• Experience with PowerBI and data analysis techniques
• Previous line management experience preferred

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.