Project Professional

Job title: Project Planner

Location: Glascoed

Salary: £42,132

What you’ll be doing:

• Delivery of defined work packages and bids as well as support the creation of proposals for follow on tasks
• Monitor and report project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives
• Leading problem solving sessions to pro-actively overcome project issues
• Establish & maintain customer/supplier relationships maintaining regular communications & managing expectations
• Proactively manage risks and opportunities to the benefit of the work packages / tasks
• Ensure that work packages / tasks adhere to the Operational Framework and LCM Mandates

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Effect Experience of working within a Project Management environment
• Willingness to undertake occasional travel to other sites, UK and overseas
• Experienced in developing and managing customer relationships

Desirable:

• Experience of working within a comparable industry (Automotive, Manufacturing etc)
• Formal training in Project Management, with knowledge of scheduling and risk software tools (e.g. MS Project & Predict!), as well as experience of SAP are preferred

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 Project Team:

As part of the Heavy Munitions IDT, supporting a Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for the management and execution of a number of tasks or work packages taking a Heavy Munitions product across a phase in its life cycle.

The breadth of projects that the Project Professional maybe responsible for include but are not limited to, bidding and execution of UK MoD P&T Tasks, 3rd Party funded work packages and Internal Process Development/Improvement projects. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a wide range of projects and have various exposure of the business with stakeholder management.

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: 21st January 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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