Job Description

• Navantia UK is a UK incorporated company, subsidiary of Spanish Navantia, created to work with UK industrial partners in shipbuilding, defence and in offshore wind energy. With a history that goes back more than 300 hundred years, Navantia is a world reference in the design, building, integration and life cycle support of state-of-the-art war ships for the Spanish Navy and international customers and has extensive experience in ToT programmes.

Job Purpose

Lead schedule integration and baseline control across multiple programmes, owning the Contract Master Schedule (CMS) in Primavera P6/Safran and ensuring high schedule quality. Drive SRA and Monte Carlo analysis, IBR readiness, and executive reporting; manage interfaces with other yards (Appledore, Ferrol, Puerto Real) and enterprise systems (SAP). Provide coaching/mentoring to junior schedulers.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• CMS Ownership & Integration: Consolidate multi-yard schedules into the CMS; standardise calendars, codes, WBS/OBS; maintain logic integrity and critical paths.
• Baseline & Change Control: Establish and maintain programme baselines; lead Baseline Change Requests (BCRs) and impact assessments; uphold auditable change records per contractual standards.
• Quality Assurance: Apply DCMA 14-point (or equivalent) check; remediate open ends, negative float, inappropriate constraints; enforce "ways of working" and professional standards across stakeholders.
• Risk & IBR Leadership: Plan and run SRA and Monte Carlo analyses; prepare IBR artefacts, conduct readiness reviews, and close findings.
• Reporting & Governance: Produce weekly exceptions and monthly executive packs (dashboards, trend analysis, KPI narratives) for senior stakeholders, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and actionable insight.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Primavera (P6): Proven and demonstrable experience (mandatory). Valuable: Safran.
• Risk Analysis: Experience with SRA, Monte Carlo simulations, and related methodologies.
• IBR: Hands-on involvement in Integrated Baseline Reviews and contractual planning standards.
• SAP: Working knowledge of SAP relevant to project control/reporting and planning interfaces.
• Complementary Knowledge: Proficiency with MS Project: Safran experience is a plus (not mandatory). Additional understanding of integrated planning processes and risk analysis methodologies.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Project Management, or a related field; or relevant practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in programme scheduling/planning (defence/naval sector preferred)
• Experience in the defense or naval industry, with familiarity in contractual planning standards and risk management practices.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. To ensure equal opportunities for all candidates, we commit to a fair and unbiased recruitment process at every stage. This includes ensuring hiring managers are aware of legislation, providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, and actively seeking to eliminate any form of discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a recruitment environment where every candidate feels valued and has an equal chance to succeed.

• Competitive base salary
• Company pension
• 33 days holiday

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