PMO Support in Bristol, Gloucestershire

PMO Scheduler / Support – SC Cleared
Salary / Day Rate: Competitive – dependent on experience
Security Clearance: SC Cleared

The Opportunity

We are looking for an experienced PMO Scheduler / Support to support the successful delivery of a large-scale, complex transformation and delivery programme.

Working within an established Programme Management Office (PMO), you will play an important role in developing, maintaining and monitoring project and programme schedules, ensuring accurate planning information is available to support effective delivery management.

This position offers the opportunity to work across multiple projects, contracts and delivery teams, supporting planning, reporting, risk management and programme governance.

You will work closely with senior planning professionals, project managers and key stakeholders to ensure schedules accurately reflect delivery progress, milestones and dependencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and update detailed project and programme schedules.

• Monitor key milestones, dependencies, assumptions and delivery activities across multiple workstreams.

• Collect, validate and analyse planning information from project teams and stakeholders.

• Track progress against agreed schedule baselines, identifying potential delays, risks and delivery constraints.

• Produce accurate schedule reports, planning dashboards and management information.

• Support programme governance through regular progress reporting and schedule analysis.

• Identify emerging scheduling risks, issues and opportunities for improvement.

• Assist with the development of recovery plans and corrective actions where required.

• Maintain schedule integrity and ensure planning information is accurate, consistent and up to date.

• Collaborate with project managers, commercial teams, technical specialists and delivery stakeholders.

• Support continuous improvement of planning processes, reporting standards and project controls.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Previous experience as a PMO Scheduler, Project Planner, Programme Scheduler or Planning Analyst.

• Experience developing and maintaining schedules within complex project or programme environments.

• Good understanding of project planning principles, milestones, dependencies, baselines and progress tracking.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify scheduling risks, issues and delivery constraints.

• Experience producing planning reports, management information and schedule performance updates.

• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and competing priorities.

• Experience working within structured PMO or programme governance environments.

• Current SC security clearance.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working within large-scale engineering, technology, infrastructure or regulated programmes.

• Exposure to complex, multi-supplier or multi-contract delivery environments.

• Experience using scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project.

• Knowledge of critical path analysis, schedule assurance and integrated planning.

• Understanding of project controls, risk management and programme reporting.

• Experience supporting programme recovery planning and schedule optimisation.

What We're Looking For

We are particularly interested in individuals who combine strong technical scheduling skills with a proactive, collaborative approach.

You will be comfortable working with detailed planning information, engaging with multiple stakeholders and providing clear, accurate reporting to support programme delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity for a capable PMO Scheduler or Project Planner looking to contribute to a complex, high-profile programme environment.

Apply

If you have relevant project planning or PMO scheduling experience and hold current SC security clearance, please submit your CV for consideration.