Senior Planning Specialist - Trials and Operations

About us:
Remaya is a leader in ensuring the highest levels of survivability for military and security personnel – whether on the battlefield or on a mission – REMAYA has been entrusted with protecting interests and advising clients, including governments, international entities and corporations operating across the globe.

Key Accountabilities:

• The XRANGE Senior Planning Specialist provides a single scheduling authority for planning Training, Test and Evaluation activites in XRNAGE owned airspace, training areas, and ranges.
• They are responsible for planning, deconflicting and allocating resources in support of day-to-day testing operations, including coordinating client test schedules and optimising range space allocation to ensure multiple pan-domain tests can safely take place within relatively close proximity to each other.  
• This role is a safety critical role in ensuring the safe conduct of a test as well as an enabler for optimising range capacity and increasing the utilisation of the XRANGE for a greater number of customers. The candidate will work closely with multiple departments within REMAYA including the XRANGE Operations Team and the Business Development Team as well as have a customer facing role.

• Schedule Development. Creating and maintaining master schedules for projects, tests, or demonstration activities based on resource availability, deadlines, priorities and client desired outcomes.

• Resource Allocation. Assigning personnel, equipment, and materials to specific tests or projects according to schedule requirements and resource availability.

• Coordination. Collaborating with various departments, teams, or stakeholders to ensure alignment of schedules, resolve conflicts, and optimise resource utilisation.

• Monitoring and Tracking. Monitoring the progress and achievement of tests or projects, tracking key milestones, and identifying potential delays or issues that may impact the over testing schedule.

• Schedule Optimisation. Analysing schedule data, identifying opportunities for improvement, and implementing strategies to optimise efficiency and minimise downtime, whilst delivering value for money solutions for client testing.\\Risk Management. Identifying potential risks to the schedule's success and proposing mitigating actions as well as developing contingency plans and deconflicting test schedules.

• Communication. Providing regular updates on schedule status, progress, and potential impacts to relevant stakeholders, including management, project teams, and clients.

Experience & Education:

• BSc in a related field (Engineering etc)
• APMP or equivalent

Key Skills:

• You must have excellent organizational management skills and be an effective communicator at multiple levels. 
• Working knowledge of global defence project management processes
• You must demonstrate experience of working on test ranges and demonstrate excellent understanding of typical range operations.
• Demonstrated scheduling experience and knowledge of scheduling toolsets and software.
• Armed Forces Service
• Project Management Experience

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