Full-Time DE&S Project Manager
Job Description
Salary
£34,850 – £41,000 per annum (plus benefits)
Summary
Join an integral part of the UK’s Defence and play your part in the procurement and in-service support of all our armed forces’ equipment, from fighter jets, armoured vehicles and aircraft carriers, to clothing, food, and ammunition. If you have the pride, passion and commitment to be part of an exciting organisation at the forefront of supporting our country’s armed forces deliver on operations at home and abroad, then apply online now!
Job description
The Wildcat Delivery Team who are part of the Helicopters Operating Centre based at the Leonardo Helicopter site in Yeovil, have a few exciting opportunities for experienced Project Managers to join their team in keeping the Royal Navy and Army Wildcat Helicopters flying; supporting the In Service Support section and the Capability Insertion section with the equipment they need to achieve their operations.
If you have the pride, passion and commitment to be part of an exciting organisation at the forefront of Defence, then this could be the ideal career for you.
One of these positions will be within the Wildcat In-Service Support Team. This will involve managing the delivery of complex work packages cutting across the delivery space, and will require you to be able to demonstrate strong problem solving ability and be able to react to emerging issues. You’ll be responsible for validating a range of requirements, leading delivery of a project and stakeholder management, as well as managing risk and generating robust business cases that demonstrate value for money and detailed reporting on project performance within the Performance, Cost, Time (PCT) envelope. If successful, you will be responsible for embedding and adhering to all governance and policy. You will lead highly skilled individuals across multi-functioned disciplines such as Commercial, Finance, Logistics, Project Controls.
The other two positions currently being recruited are within the Wildcat Capability Insertion Team and will be accountable for the delivery of diverse bespoke technical projects within the PCT envelope. The successful candidate would be responsible for assisting customer concept activities, managing capability requirements and platform modifications. You’ll also be working with stakeholders, ensuring the most cost-effective and efficient means of delivery, whilst mitigating risk and leveraging opportunities. Securing financial, commercial and technical approval for plans will form another part of this role, as will leading and managing the project life cycle from Concept to In-service. You will have the natural ability to champion collaborative working with our Industry Partners and so will be able to demonstrate strong stakeholder management, leadership and influencing skills, across multi-functioned disciplines to deliver successful outcomes e.g. Commercial, Finance, Logistics, Project Controls.
Responsibilities
• Developing and managing teams, identifying, addressing and resolving differences between individuals and/or interest groups.
• Empowering and inspiring others to deliver successful projects.
• Development and the production of investment appraisals, obtaining financial approval and agreeing budget, controlling forecast and actual costs against them.
• Agreeing contracts for the provision of goods/services needed for projects monitoring compliance and managing variances.
• Managing the monitoring and controlling financial aspects of each project or contract.
• Managing the preparation and delivery of technical briefs, status reports, chairing meetings and taking minutes/notes.
• Managing the management of a diverse range of stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and interests
• Management of available resources and knowledge to ensure a professional, expert and consistent approach is maintained.
• Appropriate use of project resources including engagement of commercial, technical and financial subject matter experts in order to make effective and timely decisions.
• Preparing and maintaining schedules of activities and events, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements.
• Identifying and monitoring project risks (threats and opportunities) planning and implementing responses to them and responding to other issues that affect products
• Managing on the consolidation and documenting of the fundamental components of projects (scope, schedule, resource requirements, budgets, risks, opportunities, issues and quality requirements)
• Preparing, gaining approval of, refining and updating business cases that justify projects in terms of benefits, costs and risks.
• Identifying, defining, evaluating, planning, tracking and realising the business benefits of programmes/projects.
• Establishing and maintaining governance arrangements for the delivery of projects, defining clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities that align with organisation practice.
To be successful in this role you must demonstrate:
• Experience of leading and managing a project management
team delivering semi-complex projects.
•.Excellent leadership skills including guiding, coaching and developing others within a matrix organisation;
• Commercial awareness/astuteness, including driving industry to deliver to cost, time and quality;
• Experience in understanding requirements and assuring delivery against them;
• Ability to manage multiple and conflicting priorities.
• Experience of managing multiple budgets.
It will also be beneficial, but not essential, for you to have:
• Defence-related experience, preferably in the Air Engineering environment.
• Any of the following: APM PMQ/MSP/PRINCE2 or similar,
relevant graduate qualification i.e. MSc (Project Management).
Please note that you may be considered for similar positions at the level below the advertised role.
What’s in it for you?
You will receive a generous benefits package including market leading employer pension contributions of around 21% of your salary (not including any personal contribution), annual bonuses, a flexible working pattern to fit you, 25 days holiday +1 additional day every year you work up to 30 days with plenty of opportunity for movement and promotion. Some of our sites include an onsite gym, onsite restaurants, cafes and much more.
Find out more about what we offer by clicking here or by using ‘The Little Book of Big Benefits’ booklet PDF at the bottom of this page.
Applicants should be aware that any move across the Civil Service on or after 5 October 2018 may have implications on an employee’s ability to carry on claiming childcare vouchers.
About DE&S/SDA and your team
The force behind the armed forces, DE&S is a highly specialised, branch of the MoD, operating with a budget of £178 billion over the next 10 years. From the procurement of aircraft carriers to the provision of food, we ensure our armed forces have the equipment and support they need to achieve their operations. We employ over 12,000 people across more than 150 locations around the world.
The Project Management Function provides a pipeline of project professionals to deliver our complex programme of work. The breadth of what our Project Managers do, means a career with us gives you a fantastic level of variety and a genuine ability to develop your project management career. From developing the nation’s future submarines to acquiring armoured vehicles, our work is at the forefront of fast-paced, cutting-edge project delivery.
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