Project Manager

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Job title: Project Manager

Location: Govan

Salary: Up to £59,000 depending on experience and skills

What you’ll be doing:

• Manage project scope to ensure that all aspects are fully defined to ensure customer requirements are achieved as well as ensuring the accurate recording and reporting of progress of planned targets for budget, schedule and quality

• Translate contracted requirements into a complete and coherent plan of the work to be performed, including a schedule, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS), work packages definitions, resource plan and associated documents

• Provide regular plan / schedule updates including earned value monitoring, estimates to completion and preparation of inputs to Control Account Manager (CAM) and project reviews

• Stakeholder management of a multi-disciplinary team in a project environment

• Build and maintain effective liaison with all functional groups involved in project delivery to enable all functional, quality and other requirements of projects to be delivered and to resolve project issues effectively

• Provide advice and recommendations to senior programme managers and directors to support decision making

Your skills and experiences:

• Experienced project professional with extensive knowledge of project management (tools, techniques, practices) in a complex engineering/production environment

• Able to resolve project-related problems that do not have routine solutions

• Developed communication and diplomacy skills. Able to persuade and influence internal & external stakeholders

• Experience in guiding senior stakeholders across Engineering, Supply Chain and Production

• Proficient understanding of project lifecycle management

• Professional PM Qualification or years of practical experience gained through application of Project Management

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 leave incentive.

The Naval Ships Project Management team:

The individual in this role will report to a Head of Project and will be charged with the delivery of work scope in support of the delivery of the fast-paced hands on Type 26 programme. Establishing and maintaining project structures, proficient stakeholder management of a diverse group of stakeholders and problem solving with the aim to resolve issues will be key to this role.

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.”

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