Job Title: Project Planning Engineer
Location: Gaydon
Rate: £33.88ph via an Umbrella Company (Inside IR35) or £25.26ph on a PAYE basis
Employment Type: Contract (Currently financed until March 2027)
Hours: Standard 40 Hours Per Week
Reference: J37150265
Position Description:
Duties:
We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business.
Join a team of next generation thinkers within Engineering Delivery, enabling the delivery of critical future engineering programmes, including development of cutting-edge technologies ranging from future autonomous driving capabilities through to delivering the future all-electric Range Rover.
This role will support the delivery of such programmes, the projects and their interdependencies within the Engineering Delivery team, using an Agile operating model. Typically, this will involve the identification, planning and co-ordination of specific projects, working with Product Owners and Scrum Masters across different levels of the Agile organisation.
You will:
- Deliver projects utilising project management techniques to ensure the delivery and achievement of strategic business objectives.
- Work with the operational business to understand current processes and to document and prioritise requirements for changes and additions.
- Management of required Governance, including milestone reporting, project status reporting, and risk and issue management.
- Proactively monitor Engineering health through agreed KPIs leading to the resolution of risks
- Apply Agile project management principles in order to develop more effective and efficient ways of working
- Manage stakeholders to ensure projects add value and are aligned to stakeholder expectations
- Undertake any other work as directed by their line manager in connection with their job as may be request
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
Essential:
- Previous experience in a similar role in Project Management with track record of delivery with the experience or knowledge of the ‘Agile’ project management framework
- The ability to manage risks and issues combined with analytical skills to identify how one issue or risk can impact on another and put in place the required interventions through support or from own knowledge base
- A methodical detailed approach to work
- Ability to present complex data & issues to a varied audience
- Experience resolving problems using structured approaches and problem-solving tools
- Adaptability skills; to be able to respond to change in priorities
- Proficiency in Microsoft software as well as the ability to learn how to use project management tools such as Jira and Confluence
- To be an effective team-player who supports colleagues to deliver shared objectives
Skills:
Personal Profile
Essential:
- Demonstrates our Creators' Code behaviours of Customer Love, Unity, Integrity, Growth and Impact.
- Continually working hard to deliver a modern luxury experience to earn and keep our customers’ trust and loyalty.
- Embracing differences, being empathetic, welcoming challenges together empowering each other to deliver.
- Building trust by speaking openly and honestly, listening attentively, and treating others respectfully.
- Taking initiative and using failure as an opportunity to learn. We develop by giving + seeking honest feedback.
- Making a difference through our results. We innovate and never lose sight of what we want to achieve.
- An individual who is results driven with the ability to deliver operational plans in a highly demanding environment
- An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload and effectively plan for all future VB programmes to support our organisation purpose.
- Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure
- A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas
- An effective team player who supports team members
Education:
** THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35**
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