Project Planner

We’re inventing the future, right here, right now, at Thales. We design the critical security solutions of tomorrow by combining the curiosity to explore, the intelligence to question and the vision to create. Together we solve complicated problems by combining our experience in the market with our leading research and development capabilities.

Based in Melbourne, our Air Mobility Solution (AMS) team is working on technologies that are revolutionising our skies for the future of aerospace. A future where all modes of aircrafts piloted or unpiloted, civilian or military move around our skies safer, more efficiently and sustainably for a greener and more harmonised airspace.

In this exciting role you will be working on OneSky - This $1.2 Billion project is the most complex transformation of an Air Traffic Management system in aviation history. OneSky will establish, commission and support a Civil Military Air Traffic Management System (CMATS) and revolutionise existing Air Traffic Management technology.

A true once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a unified solution for the future Air Traffic Management needs. This high-profile project has the world watching in excited anticipation to see its success.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide support in the planning / scheduling or control of accounts/work packages in Primavera
- Support and ensure reports are at the right level and available on time
- Effectively prioritise conflicting deliverables across varied stakeholders
- Develop excellent relationships with varied and multiple stakeholders, across geographic boundaries, in order to ensure the success of the Programme
- Ensure appropriate and accurate representation of the work and progress at all times, monitoring and controlling for deviations
- Maintenance of relevant project management artefacts such as the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS), Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), Control Account and Work Package Description Documents (CADDs/WPPDs), etc
- Development & maintenance of the schedule for the assigned element of the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) using PERT and Critical Path analysis, including resource and budget assignment to form the PMB

**Requirements**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification and must have relevant work experience in a similar
- Must have expertise in program/project management structures and baselines such as WBS, OBS, RAM, WPDDs, PMBs, etc, and control
- Must have expertise in the use of PERT to develop schedules and Critical Path to manage schedules and experienced in the use of Schedule Risk Analysis
- Must be knowledgeable in claims, extension of time and delay analysis from a schedule perspective
- Demonstrated knowledge of the project management lifecycle
- Working knowledge in Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Advanced knowledge of Primavera and Scheduling Tools (e.g. Microsoft Project, Excel, Open Plan)
- Basic knowledge of schedule health check process or tools (e.g. Defence Contracting Agency (DCMA) 12-point check and Acumen Fuse)
- Scheduling - Program Evaluation & Review Technique (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis
- Working knowledge of schedule acceleration concepts or tools such as Acumen 360
- Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA) using tools such as Primavera Risk Analyser (PRA), Acumen Risk or similar to develop probabilistic schedules (P80 and P90, etc)
- Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to interact effectively with senior management, customers and partners
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Superior analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strongly focused and self-motivated to overachieve goal
- High energy, driven to innovate, and a team player

**As part of our commitment, we offer**:

- Salary packaging includes healthcare and bonus payments
- Leading leave policies
- Growth and Development opportunities
- Study Assistance
- Employee discounts
- Gym Membership (Fitness passport)
- ThalesFlex - flexibility working is our everyday
- Family Support through our partnership with Parents at Work

Wellbeing matters at Thales, and where possible we encourage flexible working.