Job Description
Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Rochester. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary: £53,000 – £55,000
What you’ll be doing:
- Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan that embraces all elements of the project
- Implementing and utilising Earned Value Management methodologies when appropriate
- Driving ownership of Work Packages and tasks throughout the project team
- Managing the project or bid to ensure all milestones and objectives are achieved
- Using project management techniques, to enable early identification of problems and implementation of mitigation actions
- Achieving the agreed project cost, sales, margin and cash flow targets
- Managing a small multi-functional team
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
- Using project management techniques, to enable early identification of problems and implementation of mitigation actions
- Proven experience of developing and maintaining excellent customer relations
- Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan that embraces all elements of the project
- Managing the project or bid to ensure all milestones and objectives are achieved
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions with clarity in an environment of ambiguity & uncertainty
Desirable:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent – business or engineering
- Experience of Earned Value Management methodologies
- Aerospace and defence business expeirence
- Broad cross functional business experience
Benefits:
You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.
The Project Management Team:
The Electronic Systems (ES) sector spans the commercial and defence electronics markets with a broad portfolio of mission-critical electronic systems, including flight and engine controls; electronic warfare and night vision systems; surveillance and reconnaissance sensors; secure networked communications equipment; geospatial imagery intelligence products and systems; mission management; and power-and energy-management systems.
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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.
Closing Date: 4th October 2024
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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