Senior Project Professional

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Project Professional

Location: Warton or Samlesbury. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – this role is hybrid, with a minimum requirement of 60% of time on site. Please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role.

Salary: £47,683 – £52,426 depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Working within a multi-disciplined team ensuring that both the customers and business requirements are met
• Controlling and monitoring projects so that they are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality requirements, regularly reviewing and reporting on progress against plan
• Developing and maintaining key relationships with sub-contractors, customers and other stakeholders to ensure all deliverables are achieved
• Manage emerging risks and opportunities to the benefit of the project or programme
• Supporting bid and tendering processes to ensure bids meet customer needs
• Developing accurate estimates in support of bids, annual budgets or cost to completion, and evaluate ‘spend to date’ data

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience within a similar role working on complex projects is required
• A willingness to take on people management responsibilities within the team is essential
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation with strong stakeholder management experience is required
• Degree or equivalent experience in a business-related subject, a formal project management qualification or working towards
• Experience working in a complex environment

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 team:

You will be contributing to complex national and international projects within the Air Sector of BAE Systems. Within this role you will be given the opportunity to obtain tangible delivery experience in our Air business.

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: 16th August 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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