Project Scheduler
Location: Farnborough
Clearance: DV Clearance
At Leidos, we deliver innovative technology, engineering and science solutions that help make the world safer, healthier and more efficient. Within our National Security & Defence Division, we support some of the UK’s most critical missions, delivering complex programmes that protect and enhance national capabilities.
We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented Scheduler to join our growing team.
The Scheduler will responsible for developing, maintaining and analysing integrated project schedules to support successful programme delivery. Working closely with Project Managers, Delivery Managers, technical teams and key stakeholders, the Scheduler will ensure project plans are realistic, dependencies are understood, and progress is accurately tracked and reported.
This role plays a key part in enabling effective decision-making through schedule analysis, forecasting, risk identification and performance reporting across projects and programmes.
Key Responsibilities
Planning & Scheduling
* Develop, maintain and manage detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project (Desktop, Project Server and/or Project Online).
* Support project planning activities, ensuring scope, deliverables, milestones and dependencies are accurately reflected in schedules.
* Translate and align schedules between Microsoft Project and Agile delivery tools where required.
* Establish and maintain integrated schedules across multiple workstreams and delivery teams.
Monitoring & Control
* Conduct critical path, float, milestone and schedule health analysis.
* Monitor progress against baselines and identify schedule variances.
* Produce regular schedule performance reports, forecasts and status updates for stakeholders.
* Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles to support performance tracking and forecasting.
Risk & Dependency Management
* Identify, analyse and communicate schedule risks, issues and dependencies.
* Recommend mitigation and recovery actions to minimise delivery impacts.
* Ensure alignment between project schedules, resource plans, cost forecasts and programme objectives.
Governance & Continuous Improvement
* Support programme-level planning, reporting and governance activities.
* Maintain compliance with PMO standards, templates and scheduling governance requirements.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of scheduling processes, tools and reporting practices.
* Provide scheduling expertise and guidance to project teams and stakeholders.
What We Need From You
Essential Skills & Experience
* Demonstrable experience in a Scheduler, Project Planner or Project Controls role within complex project environments.
* Strong proficiency in Microsoft Project, including Project Server and/or Project Online.
* Experience developing and maintaining integrated schedules across multiple projects, workstreams and dependencies.
* Good understanding of project management methodologies and lifecycles (e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, APM).
* Experience supporting programme-level planning and reporting activities.
* Experience applying Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
* Strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
* Excellent stakeholder management, communication and collaboration skills.
* Ability to prioritise multiple activities and work effectively in a dynamic delivery environment.
Desirable Skills & Experience
* Experience within Defence, National Security, Technology, Engineering or other highly regulated environments.
* Professional certification in project management or scheduling (e.g. PMP, PMI-SP, APM, PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent).
* Experience with Agile, SAFe®, hybrid and traditional Waterfall delivery approaches.
* Familiarity with portfolio planning tools, reporting dashboards and data visualisation tools such as Power BI.
* Experience operating within a Project Controls, PMO or Programme Management environment.
Key Competencies
* Planning & Organisation
* Analytical Thinking
* Problem Solving & Decision Making
* Stakeholder Management
* Communication & Influence
* Collaboration & Teamwork
* Attention to Detail
* Adaptability & Resilience
* Time Management
Clearance Required:
This role will require DV clearance.
For more information and guidance please visit : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels
What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers, a collaborative culture, and support for your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)
• Flexi Time Working
Commitment to Diversity:
We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
Who We Are:
Leidos UK & EUROPE – we work to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering and science.
Leidos is a growing company delivering innovative technology and solutions focused on safeguarding critical capabilities and transformation in frontline services, our work in the United Kingdom includes addressing some of the most complex problems in defence, healthcare, government, safety and security, and transportation.
Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UK's ait traffic management solutions by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services, at low risk, using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth.
What Makes Us Different:
Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning, AI, cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.
Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits, enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home, the office or on customer sites, we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.
People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow, to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos, we invest in technical academies, career rotations and a career development plans that that enhance your future.
If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
£44,700.00-£57,300.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®.
Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos.
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