Project Delivery Lead

Job Title: Project Delivery Lead – KSA

Location: Warton and Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54,793 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be accountable for the overall performance of the Project during the Delivery Stage, with the delegated authority to make cogent and timely decisions
• You will be the primary interface for FJS (Fast Jet Support) with the Customer Relationship Managers (Service Delivery)
• You will bring project stakeholders across the Contract, FJS Shared Service and Functional team, together to deliver contract commitments including the management of dependencies
• You will execute Project Delivery for the FJS Statement of Work, in accordance with the mandated LCM (Life Cycle Management) Framework, Contract Project Management Plan and Risk and Opportunity Management
• Implement an effective Project Control System, ensuring that the related Project Management Baseline(s) (PMBs) are kept topical through the use of the Baseline Change Request (BCR) process
• Maintain the Contract delivery milestones, Communicated Key deliverables to the services & monitor progress and escalate as required
• You will manage the Performance of the given contract against the PMB & KPIs (Key Performance Indicators)
• Confirm with Contract Teams, the planning assumptions for future work & communicate to Services, highlighting to contract teams where Supply & Demand issues may affect their programmes
• And you will launch new work into the services

Your skills and experiences:

• Relevant Project Management qualification or equivalent experience
• Experience of the whole project lifecycle, with emphasis on delivery
• Experienced user of MS Project
• Good senior stakeholder management experience
• Experience of using Jira or Confluence would be advantageous

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Fast Jet Support, In-Service Fleet team:

The Fast Jet Support, In-Service Fleets, Project Delivery Team, for the Support and Services elements of the business, predominantly focus on, but not limited to, Typhoon, Tornado and Hawk recurring and non-recurring work packages. Responsible for the delivery of the programmes and associated milestones to cost/budget and working closely with the Project Control team, Engineering Services and Contract owners to ensure we are delivering on our commitments.

As part of the team, you will work on exciting projects, in a varied, dynamic work space, where you will gain exposure to senior management, whom you will be working closely with, to deliver successful projects.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 14th July 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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