FCAS Project Control Lead

Job Description

Job Title: FCAS Project Control Lead

Location: Warton. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £54,793 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Responsible for providing an end-to-end Project Control within FCAS. Ensuring the health of the project is understood and communicated to all key stakeholders to allow effective delivery of the contract
• Liaising with and influencing stakeholders across the Air Sector as well as external supply chain, and national and international partners
• Leading your team, following the key principles of project control to ensure appropriate adherence to governance and assurance
• Working with the project control Manager, promoting innovative and creative thinking, solving problems and influencing the maturing project control ways of working of the future within FCAS

Your skills and experiences:

• APM qualification or relevant experience
• Previous Project Management experience, specifically project control discipline
• Previous team leadership would be advantageous
• Keen attention to detail

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 Control team:

This is an excellent time to join BAE Systems as a Project control Lead within our Shared Service supporting the Future Combat Air Systems programme. You will be joining a large team where you will have support opportunity for development and training within the business.

This is a collaborative cross functional role with some great network opportunities.

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: 22nd 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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