Package Description
What we offer if you join our amazing team:
• Competitive Salary
• Corporate Benefits Package
• Support provided to EU Nationals requiring relocation – Information available upon request
• Company events
Job Introduction
We have an exciting (and challenging) opening for a Planning and Scheduling Officer in Noordwijk.
Dynamic, Energetic, Entrepreneurial, Highly Motivated, Resilient … If this describes you then we would love to hear from you :)
Discover the offer below and click on ‘Apply’ if you know that your skillset and talents are a suitable match for this opportunity.
- Serco – The employer of choice for a career within the Space Sector.
Serco are a trusted provider of services to National Space Agencies and the European Space Agency (ESA), we have over 40 years’ experience supporting the space sector and providing services for all stages of our customer’s space missions.
- Join our community of space specialists across Europe
We are proud to support the European institutional Space landscape: Serco boasts an extensive network of Space professionals located at our offices in Darmstadt, Noordwijk, Frascati, Paris and Madrid, all within close proximity of our two largest space sector customers, European Space Agency/European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
- Supporting Women in Aerospace
Diversity and Inclusion is extremely important to us. Supporting women's opportunities, development and visibility in the space sector is key and that is why we are proud members and supporters of Women in Aerospace Europe, a dynamic and global network supporting women's careers in Aerospace.
Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) – Supporting women in STEM (wia-europe.org)
Main Responsibilities
As a Planning and Scheduling Officer you will concentrate your activities on the following:
- Provide schedule support in major tender evaluations of the projects.
- Provide support to, and/or participate in, contractual and technical negotiations for schedule aspects.
- Provide schedule support to the major technical reviews of the main projects in the Directorate to ensure schedule objectives are met.
- Support the projects in their scheduled interactions with our international partners.
- Assist the projects in the day to day schedule monitoring and control of its industrial consortium against the baseline schedule.
- Conduct specific ad hoc schedule analysis of project activities as needed.
- Support the schedule and risk management process of the projects.
- Assist the HRE Project Control section in the design and implementation of new schedule control / progress monitoring techniques.
- Scheduler tasks will bring the candidate in contact with our project’s industrial consortia and with the international partner organizations.
Successful Candidate
Do you think you are the person we are looking for? See below what experience or knowledge you should bring:
- Master’s degree in engineering or equivalent University degree from a recognized institution of secondary studies or equivalent qualification in Business Administration, with relevant experience.
- 4 years of relevant work experience.
- Demonstrated expertise with the use of modern schedule software tools (at least both MS Project, Primavera).
- Expertise with the techniques that allow the use of such software tools to provide active schedule management and best scheduling practice.
- Experience with the schedule peculiarities of spacecraft development is an asset.
- Proactivity, good communication skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to interact effectively with the technical personnel in our projects and colleagues of different backgrounds (engineering, management, legal).
- Capability to summarize and present complex information to colleagues and senior management in a concise and clear manner.
- Capability to work autonomously and at the same time be able to work effectively as part of a team.
- Comfortable with working in a diverse and multinational team environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills are needed, together with a high degree organizational and communication abilities.
- Proficient in the English language, both written and spoken.
- Knowledge of another EU member state language is an asset.
- Candidates must be eligible to work in the EU.
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About the Company
Why should you join Serco ?
At Serco not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play.
Meaningful and vital work - You’ll contribute to methodologically intercepting challenges whilst achievements will also be recognised and celebrated.
A world of opportunity - You’ll be wholeheartedly supported with development and career progression
Great people - You’ll become an integral member of a well-defined and supportive team who believe passionately in the value of our work.
What we offer
- Chance to contribute to innovation in the public services sector
- A company passionate about diversity and inclusion
- Permanent employment with comprehensive Serco Benefits package.
About Serco
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, everyone has an important role to play when managing complex public services.
We are a team of 60,000 people responsible for delivering essential public services around the world, we are innovators, committed to redesigning and improving public services for the benefit of everyone.
By joining Serco you will have unlimited access to our Global Employee Networks – SercoInspire (Gender), SercoEmbrace (Multicultural), SercoUnlimited (Disability) and In@Serco (LGBT & Networks). Serco Employee Networks, led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
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Serco is a Disability Confident Employer committed to employing and retaining people with disabilities. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.
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