Project Manager Buckinghamshire

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Job description

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 sites in the UK. Office site presence, anticipated 2/3 days onsite, depending on project needs.

The Project Management function at our defence client delivers the project team with leadership, planning, motivation, understanding and experience.

The function is accountable for the performance (to time, quality, cost and/or as-bid Gross Margin) of the project and manages project elements, including, but not limited to, schedule, cost, resources and risks.

The Project Manager will be responsible for allocated programme/project delivery, ensuring that assigned Programmes are completed on time, to budget and to the expected quality requirements.

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop and execute strategies to maximize business performance, profitability, and customer satisfaction to achieve targets
• Ensure adherence to organizational policies and procedures
• Implement continuous improvement to optimize achievement of objectives
• Maintain a positive, productive, and safe working environment

Key Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will hold the following responsibilities and duties:-

• To assume total responsibility for the management and delivery of assigned projects with full accountability for project performance. Deliver the programme/project in line with the processes, procedures and standards.
• To have total and complete understanding of project and contractual requirements.
• Bid Management - lead and co-ordinate bids from concept to contract award, working through the direction of business development. Work on and prepare the required proposals, cost books in line with the bid allowable timescales.
• Define, communicate, execute & monitor the project and prioritise specific to individual contracts and project, in line with agreed contractual and delivery requirements, with appropriate work packages, key milestones and budgets for each stage of work package.
• Develop, execute and maintain project plans and statements of work (SOW's), detailing task descriptions, deliverables, project schedules through liaising with specialist areas across a matrix organisation in-line with company processes, procedures and standards.
• Risks, issues and opportunity management, ensuring logs/registers are established and maintained through the life of the assigned project with high level of accuracy.
• Effective Stakeholder Management including interface and the management of external customers.
• Build strong customer relationship. Provide primary focus for customer, communication and liaison, Keeping customers informed of work progress, issues and resolution plans. Ensure customer satisfaction is maintained at all times. Manage customer exceptions, in-line with company priorities and capabilities.
• Identify and pursue follow-on business opportunities, working closely with business development team.
• Develop project performance dashboard, continually assess current performance, identify root causes, and actively drive programme/project and cross functional improvements through the life cycle of the assign project.
• Manage, report status and performance of the assigned project in line with the management reporting cycle. Ensure project data is maintained to a high level of accuracy (forward load, project plans, risk registers and financial data) within the various company's business data systems.
• To hold, chair and /or present at various forums (such as project meetings, progress and contract reviews). Ensure that all communications to stakeholders, verbal and written are clear, concise and unambiguous.
• To comply with the Company Procedures, Standards and Policy on Health & Safety.

Experience needed:

• Ideally qualified to degree-level or equivalent experience in a Physics or Engineering based subject, such as; Electronics, Hardware, Computer Science, Software or Systems Engineering etc.
• Project Management experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills
• Proven track record of achieving business goals and objectives
• Ability to manage budgets and schedules effectively
• Experience with profit and loss management
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

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.

Company overview:

• 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!

For full information, please get in touch

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