Lead Project Professional- Delivery

Job Description

Job Title: Lead Project Professional – Delivery

Location: Barrow-in-Furness – we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role 

Salary: From £45,628 – depending on skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting development and maintenance of coherent, fully integrated and workable project plans and budgets
• Leading, controlling and monitoring work packages so that they are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality requirements, regularly reviewing and reporting on progress against plan
• Required to be subjected to Change Management
• Leading and managing production of various progress reports
• Developing, maintaining and managing key relationships with integrated  teams, customers and other stakeholders
• Leading and managing the development, agreement and resolution of project risk and opportunities, assumptions, dependencies and exclusions
• Responsible for managing direct and indirect reports

Your skills and experiences:

Essential

• Strong understanding of budgeting and financial management principles
• Proven experience in project planning, scheduling and execution
• Experience working on infrastructure projects 
• Experience in risk identification, response planning, response implementation and ongoing management of risk exposure

Desirable

• PM Qualification such as the APM Project Management Qualification
• Experience managing a complex project within a business 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 Engineering Project Management Office team:

As a part of the growing PM team, you will be working with stakeholders from across various organisations, supporting engineering to meet capability through projects. You will have a great chance to lead, shape and influence the direction of the minor and major projects whilst incorporating internal and independent feedback. This role will also offer you progression opportunities within the business. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

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: 24th September 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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