Project Planner

About Us With over 90,000 employees worldwide, Leonardo is a global high-technology company and a key player in the international defence and security sector. Leonardo Canada - Electronics (LCE) continues to grow and expand our footprint in Ottawa. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment where innovation is encouraged, and employees are empowered to grow professionally. Our team supports Canadian and international customers with world-leading technologies across land, air, and naval domains. This permanent, full-time position is based in Ottawa, ON with some flexibility for hybrid work arrangements. **Position Summary**: The Project Planner will play a central role in driving schedule integrity, standardization, and portfolio-level visibility across all programs at Leonardo Canada - Electronics. Reporting to the Head of Programmes, the Project Planner will partner with Technical Project Managers (TPMs) to create and maintain accurate, integrated schedules aligned with organizational goals, financial baselines, and customer deliverables. **Key Responsibilities**: - Develop, maintain, and standardize project schedules across multiple programs in collaboration with TPMs. - Ensure compliance with organizational scheduling standards, templates, and best practices (dependencies, critical path, duration thresholds). - Control, document, and communicate schedule changes consistently and transparently. - Perform schedule risk analysis, highlighting potential slippages, conflicts, or resource constraints. - Integrate individual schedules into program - and portfolio-level views for senior leadership. - Provide consolidated schedule data for reporting to management, PMO, and customers. - Collaborate with Finance to align schedules with cost baselines and Earned Value reporting. - Partner with TPMs, project managers, and department leads to capture requirements, define milestones, and maintain consistency. **Essential Skills**: - 5+ years of experience in project scheduling, program planning, or project controls. - Proven ability to develop and maintain Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) across complex, multi-project environments. - Strong understanding of project management principles (scope, schedule, cost, risk). - Analytical mindset with the ability to identify schedule risks and recommend corrective actions. - Strong communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration with TPMs, finance, stakeholders, and senior leadership. - Skilled in balancing enforcement of consistency with flexibility for project-specific needs. - Knowledge of Earned Value Management (EVM) and ability to integrate cost and schedule data. - Ability to train, mentor, and influence teams to adopt best scheduling practices. **Desirable Skills/Experience**: - Experience in the defence industry. - Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI-SP (Scheduling Professional), or equivalent certification. - Experience working in Agile or hybrid project management environments. **Security Clearance**: If you are unfamiliar with the process, you can find information about Security Clearance requests process on the Government of Canada website (search for "Security Clearance Request Process"). In general, to obtain these clearances, you - Must be either a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. - Must have lived in Canada continuously for the past 10 years. - Must not have a criminal record. **Good to know**: - Group benefits are 100% Company-Paid from first day on the job (including dependents): Group Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Plan (LifeWorks), Out-of-Province travel, E-A-P - Company-Matched Group RRSP - Industry-leading Vacation entitlements - Generous Paid Personal Leave & additional Company Holidays - Dynamic Flex-time policy - Remote & Office work flexibility - Annual Incentive bonus programme - Exceptional Employee Referral programme - Professional Development and Credentialing support - internal (Coursera) and external opportunities - Exceptional professional environment: you'll join a team of some of the best talent in the business ()