Project Manager

Project Manager

We are looking for talented, forward-thinking, and highly motivated project managers to work in dynamic and agile project environments across defence and non-defence projects and programmes.

Salary: Negotiable plus benefits, pension (7% contribution), 25 days holiday & life insurance

The Role: As a Project Manager you will be reporting vital project management information to clients, company directors and staff.

Responsibilities will include:

• • Managing projects predominantly within the Defence and non-defence environments.
  • Defining project objectives and overseeing quality control throughout its lifecycle.
  • Delivering the end-to-end management of technical projects according to best practice principles by planning, executing, and closing projects according to strict deadlines and timescales.
  • Delivering projects to time, cost budgets and quality.
  • Providing effective stakeholder management, communications management, risk management, resource management, scheduling and monitoring and reporting on projects.
  • Supporting project teams through review of plans and proposals ensuring value for money and ensuring delivery of plans is as required.
  • Building new relationships and maintaining successful working relationships with our current customers.
  • Maintaining working relationships with your project teams and third-party suppliers.
  • Identifying and winning work in line with the company business objectives.
  • Working organically in customer teams to deliver rapid turn-around projects, or to plan and deliver tasks.

About You

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following essential and desirable attributes:

Essential

• • A technically astute Project Manager who has demonstratable experience operating in a range of project environments of varying scales.
  • Be able to adapt and provide flexibility in a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
  • Possess demonstratable technical project management skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Previous experience managing multiple concurrent technical projects through the full lifecycle.
  • APM or equivalent project management qualifications with substantial knowledge of agile project management.
  • Be organised and able to work under pressure with minimal supervision.
  • Highly motivated professional who strives to deliver ahead of targets.
  • Ability to utilise IT effectively as project management related software and systems.
  • Be articulate with good presentation and communication skills.
  • Have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
  • Strong facilitation skills and adept at resolving conflict and negotiating with project stakeholders to ensure progress is maintained.

Desirable

• • Be a member of an appropriate professional body (such as APM, PMI) and have a desire for further professional development.
  • Educated to degree level, and/or have equivalent relevant experience.
  • Have practitioner experience in defence or non-defence environments.

Other requirements

• • Candidates must have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
  • Candidates will need to undergo an internal BPSS check prior to gaining site access.
  • Candidates will also need to either hold a current SC clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company. To gain SC clearance you will normally need at least 5 years’ UK residency.