LOCATION - SLOUGH, UK

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across five continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.
Lonza is replacing its current facilities in Slough, UK and is seeking a Planner with relevant experience to support the project. This position will be directly responsible for establishing and maintaining a master schedule, integrating the capex schedule (managed elsewhere) and planning and scheduling the operational readiness and business improvement elements of the project, together with reporting progress of the project throughout its lifecycle.

• Develop, monitor and update integrated project plans and schedules so that projects can be executed in the most efficient manner possible
• Prepare baseline schedules and schedule basis documents for approval by project teams
• Assess impacts to the critical path and near-critical activities and report to the project team
• Monitor schedule deviations and variances and assist in the developing of alternative methods for corrective action
• Prepare and provide schedule progress reports, trending charts and schedule analysis on a periodic basis
• Maintain record of scope changes, trends and variances that potentially affect schedule performance
• Assure credibility of the information contained in the schedule. Review schedules with project team members on a regular basis to ensure that accurate and timely data is incorporated in the scheduleFacilitate project scheduling meetings and/or interactive planning meetings as required by the project team