Job summary

Our client are a leading defence engineering consultancy with an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager to join their maritime systems division.

Key skills required for this role

Project Manager, Project Management

Important

Strong project management experience and knowledge of defence engineering / technology

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain positive engagement with project customers, partners and suppliers.
• Deliver project outputs, to agreed baseline (customer satisfaction, time, cost, quality, cash and sales).
• Ensure project members operate in line with the Operating Framework & functional competency management requirements; and have appropriate personal objectives recorded in the performance management system.
• Maintain forecasts (both financial and resource demand signal) for sales and delivery which reflects the up-to-date expectations for the work.
• Apply governance requirements (including lifecycle, project & independent reviews as appropriate) for foundation sales and delivery work.

Essential experience of the Project Manager:

• Previous demonstrable experience in projects, programmes, portfolios or P3 function and successfully delivering complex projects
• Experience delivering projects to external customers; being able to identify, plan and implement actions to positively engage parties with an interest in, or influence over, the project outputs
• A background working in the maritime or defence industry is preferred but not essential

Qualifications for the Project Manager:

• APM qualified, or hold an equivalent recognised Project Management qualification