Planning Engineer

We are currently looking for a Planning and Control Engineer to work for a high-performance vehicle engineering customer of ours in Silverstone.
The company are engaged in a number of exciting and motorsport / track-based vehicle projects – working with some of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers.
Successful applicants will come from a Planning or Project Management background with experience working within a technical engineering environment.
Other pre-requisites include:
* Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or other relevant technical field
* Exposure to Matrix Management
* Knowledge of industry practices Knowledge of ERP, MRP, drawing release systems
* Understanding of project plan development
* The ability to analyse data
* An understanding of planning control and scheduling concepts
* Experience with Planning and Data assessment
Main duties:
* Provide direct support to Program Management and Budget Control Requirements on the planning and implementation of Business activities whilst ensuring Systems Processes align to compliance to company policies.
* Supporting key business activity planning, proving clarity to how an activity will affect the business, to help inform what is required to deliver, implement activities successfully.
* Support Planning team manager with research, pulling information from across departments to enable planning assessment of acticitie QCD.
* Develops schedules updates the schedule on a regular basis and utilises techniques such as, Critical Path Analysis, and "What If Scenarios"
* Responsible for weekly & monthly updates of each activity.
* Works closely with and provides support to PMs, for project forecasting, metrics management
* Liaison with CCO Supporting urgent analysis of key tasks
* Develop innovative strategies and execute operational efficiencies, processes and practices and ensure alignment of company control policies. Run a change monthly review meeting to show changes, Why needed, assessment.
* Assist with coordination and facilitation of new project set up, events, readiness for significant meetings