Assistant Project Manager

Job Title: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base – Onsite full time

Salary: Circa £54,000 (dependent on skills and experience)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Role Description:

Assistant Project Manager supports the delivery of projects or work packages, coordinating project management activities to achieve successful outcomes. The role involves supporting planning, performance monitoring, and decision-making, while working with stakeholders, applying project management best practices, and providing guidance and leadership to small teams where required.

Core Duties:

• Able to perform advanced project reporting & scheduling.
• Able to undertake advanced problem solving typically based on previous experience.
• Have an extensive knowledge of Business process and procedures.
• Administration and general office skills including spreadsheets/ Microsoft packages.
• Able to lead a small project or a work package of a larger project.
• Able to manage the full project lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.
• Identify, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project.
• Applies appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
• Agrees project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
• This is a role for an experienced project professional with a small team and the ability to deliver with limited guidance from the Line Manager.

Essential Skills:

• You’ll have extensive knowledge and understanding of project management policies, processes, procedures, and systems.
• You’ll have either a degree-level qualification or significant practical knowledge gained through relevant experience.
• You’ll hold a recognised project management qualification, such as the APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or an equivalent professional certification.
• You’ll be able to analyse and interpret large volumes of data, transforming it into meaningful insights while applying strong attention to detail and critically assessing data quality.

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 Ship Repair team:

The Ship Repair team supports the Type 45 Class fleet through a major upkeep programme. Currently around 20 strong and expected to grow to more than 100 people, the team offers excellent opportunities for career development, long-term stability, and involvement in a complex, high-profile programme delivering critical capability

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

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: 10th September 2026

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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