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Type 45 Planning Manager, BVT Surface Ship Solutions, Type 45

START Date: 
May, 2009
END Date: 
December, 2009

Line management responsibility for twelve staff, locations splits between Glasgow (two sites) and Bristol
Manage and maintain T45 programme suite of plans, level 0 to level 2 shipbuild, plus cost control account programming
Key MOD point of contact for all planning queries and activities
Facilitate integration of level 3 to level 2 plans
Selecting new planners to business at interview
What-if analysis and risk mitigation options of all plans level 2 and up
Redesign of WBS, PBS, OBS, and RBS to simplify and set as group standard
Build timescale risk analysis model from level 1 programme
Lead planning team in fresh direction, including changing of role profiles and staff skill set profiles
Design and implement planner route to competence at various levels, to be adopted groupwide
Lead planning function through change of commercial and planning software, including analysis of best option for business of new planning software
Support of central planning function throughout the group to drive in improvement and best practice
Full critical path analysis monthly for senior management and customer, including input to EV reporting 

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
1500
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
500