Overview
Important: All applicants must be able to obtain Security Clearance, and as a minimum be living in the UK for 5 years.
Working: The role is office/hybrid based with occasional travel to other company/customer's sites in the UK or abroad. Office site presence, anticipated 2-3 days onsite, depending on project needs.
Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
The company have a number of awards, most recently been named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!
Job Purpose
- To provide important project management support during bid phase and contract execution.
- To coordinate project activities and provide information to support project controls and reporting, such as monitoring completion of project tasks, monitoring costs against estimates, monthly updates on ETCs (Estimates to Completion), producing and maintaining project schedules for assigned projects and bids, and liaising between engineering and manufacturing groups and other business functions to ensure the smooth progress of projects.
- To carry out other duties that may reasonably be required by immediate supervision in support of a project and/or the department.
Key Responsibilities
- Gathering information to support project controls and reporting.
- Assist PM to complete all project reporting requirements. This is to include supporting the compilation of presentation, risk registers, financial reports and forward load.
- Monitoring completion of project tasks through frequent communication with all members of the project team and supporting functions.
- Problem solving and negotiating priorities through manufacturing through attendance at production planning meetings and regular review.
- Preparation and maintenance of project plans maximising use of all available project management tools.
- Preparation of work breakdown structures and relevant business system information for contract execution.
- Enhancement of an effective team interface between engineering and manufacturing groups.
- Preparation of cost to completion analysis and reports and other essential project management information.
- Management of small or non-technical projects to agreed time, cost and specification objectives.
- Carry out other duties that may reasonably be required by the Senior Project Manager in support of department activities.
Experience needed:
- Experience as a Project Coordinator
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Enthusiastic, resilient with drive and motivation
- Experience of working within a team-based, multidiscipline development environment is essential
- PC and keyboard literate and working knowledge of project management tools, plus working knowledge of IFS or an equivalent ERP system
- Project management or project support office experience.
- Working knowledge of project management tools including Microsoft Project (MSP)
Experience in the following would be desirable:
- Experience in the Defence / Aerospace or safety regulated environment would be advantageous
- Experience in the Naval / Maritime domain would be advantageous.
- Experience of subcontract management is an advantage.
- APM (Association for Project Management) qualification is an advantage; training can be provided to work towards this qualification.
- Experience of subcontract management is an advantage.
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