Trainee Planning, Monitoring & Controls Professional-Planning

Trainee Project Planning Development Scheme

What you’ll be doing:

• Development and implementation of appropriately tailored Planning practices
• Supporting the development/production and analysis of business data by using Project Planning tools, techniques, and processes
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders to ensure good quality baseline and current plans are in place and maintained with buy in from key stakeholders
• Producing and analysing scheduling data with accuracy, identifying, and forecasting trends to meet targets, and managing projects to time, cost, and quality
• Providing support to PM&C Managers to enable effective cost, planning and scheduling, risk, opportunity, and resource management
• Supporting the identification and management of risks and opportunities and learning from experience
• Working cross-functionally across the Project Management & Controls functional teams to contribute a coherent position on programme performance, risks, and opportunities

Your skills and experiences:

• Demonstrable PC literacy to an excellent standard through academic qualifications and/or examples of using IT packages to analyse and present data
• Ability to study to a Level 4 Qualification
• Have English and Maths – C and above at GCSE or level 2 equivalent
• Understand the principles of Planning and Project Control processes
• Evidence of professional behaviours

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance, and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work, and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Project team:

The Submarine business is looking to grow its existing Project Planning Professionals Workforce through a Project Planning Development Scheme, the cohort is to start in February 2025. The Project Planning Development Scheme will consist of:

• A one-week induction specialising in our product and the office environment
• Weekly day-release over a 6-12 month period, to study for a University Certificate in Project Controls through the University of Cumbria along with classroom-based learning in regards to Project Planning fundamentals with BAE Planning Discipline Leads
• Allocated weekly self-study time to enhance Project Planning knowledge & skills
• A permanent Network Planning role within the business that will run alongside your studies

Once you have successfully completed the scheme, you will continue to develop your competencies as a trainee. You will be required to apply your learning in role, develop your academic and business capabilities, and demonstrate excellent professional behaviours in order to facilitate your own personal development. This is an exciting opportunity to build your career within BAE Submarines.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder, etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 17th September 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.