Planning Manager

Job Title\: Planning Manager

Location\: Govan

Referral Bonus\: £1,000

Grade\: GG12

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE\: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

Job Description\:

This is a key planning leadership role within the Type 26 Shipbuild PMO, leading a team of planning and scheduling professionals supporting the delivery of complex warship programmes at Govan. The role provides strategic planning expertise across the shipbuilding lifecycle, integrating design, engineering, production and supply chain activities into a coordinated delivery plan.

Working closely with programme leadership and key stakeholders, you will drive programme performance, improve delivery predictability and support informed decision-making. Through the development of robust integrated schedules and continuous improvement of planning capability, you will play a vital role in delivering customer commitments and business objectives.

Core Duties\:

• Lead and develop a high-performing planning team\: Provide leadership, coaching and mentoring to a team of planning professionals, building capability, driving performance and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality planning outputs across major shipbuilding programmes
• Shape and maintain integrated programme schedules\: Lead the development and maintenance of complex integrated schedules that align engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and production activities, ensuring programme plans remain robust, credible and achievable
• Drive programme performance and decision-making\: Use planning analysis, performance metrics and schedule insights to identify emerging risks, opportunities and trends, providing expert advice to programme leadership and supporting effective decision-making
• Champion continuous improvement and best practice\: Promote modern planning methodologies, governance standards and toolsets, driving continuous improvement across planning and scheduling processes while strengthening capability across the wider Project Controls community

Essential Skills\:

• You will have advanced planning and scheduling expertise, with significant experience developing and managing integrated schedules within complex project, engineering, manufacturing or programme environments
• You will have people leadership and team development experience, with a proven ability to lead, coach and develop high-performing teams while driving delivery and continuous improvement
• You will have strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships, provide expert advice and communicate confidently with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• You will have significant experience using Primavera P6

The Type 26 Shipbuild PMO team\:

You’ll join a collaborative, fast-paced and highly integrated environment at the heart of one of the UK's most complex naval shipbuilding programmes. Working closely with programme leadership, engineering, production, supply chain and project controls teams, you'll lead a team of planning professionals responsible for enabling the successful delivery of advanced warship programmes across the full build lifecycle. The role offers the opportunity to influence major programme decisions, shape planning and scheduling best practice, and drive continuous improvement within a complex engineering and manufacturing environment. Combining technical leadership, people development and programme-wide impact, this is a unique opportunity to play a key role in delivering critical national defence capability while helping to develop the future planning capability of the organisation.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive\:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date\: 19th November 2026. Interviews will take place w/c 30th November 2026