Project Lead

Job Title: Project Lead

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: Starting from £45,628 – depending on skills & experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Ensuring all parts of the boat are operational and fully functioning
• Leading on work packages and managing the Dependencies of those packages
• Managing the project delivery plan by utilising JIRA
• Conducting a range of weekly and monthly project reporting
• Overseeing and mitigating Risks and realising Opportunities
• Leading Change initiatives within the project
• Managing the Estimation at Cost (EAC) on a monthly basis
• Collaborating with a range of internal and external stakeholders

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience with Project Planning and Delivery management
• Recognised Project Management qualification (e.g. APMQ or Prince2) or equivalent experience

Desirable:

• Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence toolsets

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 SSNA Wholeboat & Integration team:

You’ll be joining a close-knit team where you’ll get good visibility across the entire Submarine programme. This is a specialised role which offers variety and more projects to get involved in going forward. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also 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: 2nd April 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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