Project Planner

at  Ultra Maritime

Unleash the Power of Multi-Mission Excellence: Safeguarding the Seas for the World’s Navies.
Step into a world where cutting-edge technology meets unparalleled expertise. Ultra Maritime pioneers delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower the naval forces worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of capabilities, our innovations are utilised on naval fleets across our allied navies around the globe.
As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we tirelessly push the boundaries to develop advanced specialist systems that provide our ‘five-eyes’ Defence customers with an unbeatable warfighting edge. From surface vessels to sub-surface operations and unmanned platforms, we are revolutionizing the way naval missions are executed.
We thrive on collaboration and partnering with our customers to ensure mission success. Our expert solutions encompass an array of game-changing technologies, including state-of-the-art sonar, radar, expendables, signature management, and naval power systems.
Join us in shaping the future of naval warfare and together, we will safeguard the seas and empower navies worldwide!
Flexible Working
At Ultra Maritime, we understand that your personal life is just as important as your professional one. That’s why we support and promote flexible working arrangements where possible. Whether you prefer a hybrid model, working remotely, or the structure of being on-site, we will support you as best as we can. Embrace the freedom to shape your work hours according to your needs, whether it’s part-time, compressed hours, or a unique arrangement that suits your lifestyle.
Rugeley embraces flexibility by offering adaptable start and finish times, empowering you to find the perfect balance between your professional and personal commitments. Bid farewell to rigid schedules and embrace the freedom to design your workday around your unique needs. We empower our people to work independently, tying into our values of Values of Integrity, Transparency and Alignment.
We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people. We welcome the challenge to work in new ways and have trust in you when getting the job done because we recognise, our business is our people.
Job Description
Ultra Maritime has an exciting opportunity for a Project Planner to support the project management function at Ultra Maritime, SMaP, based in Staffordshire. In this role you will be responsible for creating and maintaining the project schedule for one or more projects or programmes.
Working closely with the Project Manager, Project Engineering Lead, Project Risk Manager and Scrum Master, you will create and maintain the project schedule taking account of task progress and dependencies, resource constraints and allocations, potential schedule impacts of identified risks and mitigations, emergent work and risk materialization. You will be responsible for ensuring project progress and events are dynamically reflected in the schedule and for reporting updates to the project management team, providing them with clear impacts and options to discuss with management, customers and other stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules that detail tasks, milestones, deadlines and dependencies.
• Working closely with the Project Risk Manager, ensure that project schedules reflect identified risks and mitigations.
• Working closely with the Project Manager, Project Engineering Lead and Scrum Master, monitor task progress and ensure this is accurately reflected in the project schedules.
• Support the regular business cycle of resource forecasting on a short-term and long-term basis.
• Ensure that project schedules are dynamically updated to reflect accurate resource allocations, risk materialisation, emergent work and contract changes.
• Monitor project timelines and adjust plans as necessary to ensure timely completion.
• Provide regular reports and updates to the project management team, including clear understanding of impacts of project events and any options or decision points.
• Act as the process expert for project planning within the business.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement of project planning processes.

Qualifications / skills required

• Excellent knowledge of project management tools including Microsoft Project
• Experience of planning complex projects within a multi-discipline development environment
• Understanding of project risk management and its impact on scheduling and planning
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Understanding of Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid delivery methodologies desirable
• Working knowledge of JIRA or similar task management tool desirable
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Good team worker
• Enthusiastic with drive and motivation
• Experience of working within a team-based, multi-discipline development environment
• Hybrid working options and flexible / part time hours can be considered

If you are ready to elevate your career and be part of something extraordinary, apply now and let’s shape the future together!
Note: All candidates must be eligible to achieve the relevant security vetting level applicable to the role.

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules that detail tasks, milestones, deadlines and dependencies.
• Working closely with the Project Risk Manager, ensure that project schedules reflect identified risks and mitigations.
• Working closely with the Project Manager, Project Engineering Lead and Scrum Master, monitor task progress and ensure this is accurately reflected in the project schedules.
• Support the regular business cycle of resource forecasting on a short-term and long-term basis.
• Ensure that project schedules are dynamically updated to reflect accurate resource allocations, risk materialisation, emergent work and contract changes.
• Monitor project timelines and adjust plans as necessary to ensure timely completion.
• Provide regular reports and updates to the project management team, including clear understanding of impacts of project events and any options or decision points.
• Act as the process expert for project planning within the business.
• Identify and implement opportunities for continuous improvement of project planning processes