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:

• You will lead and manage a team of Project Engineers in day to day operations
• Assess various product design changes and work with relevant stakeholders to establish optimum embodiment points within production
• Manage and support Change Assessments and Progression meetings
• You will be providing reports to senior stakeholders across the business
• Develop and optimise the process by which the business plan aligns up to the embodiment of design change
• Be accountable as a member of the Project Management team for supporting the development and implementation of appropriately tailored Project Management practices
• Consolidate expertise from multiple sources, including third party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives
• Support and promote the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• You will need to have good knowledge of Product Configuration Management and Change Planning processes
• Have demonstrated experience in Product Project Management within a Manufacturing and Design environment
• Excellent Stakeholder Management experience and skills with the ability to guide and influence
• Previous experience in leading or managing a team will be required

Desirable:

• An understanding of Product Management Toolsets such as Teamcenter and SAP

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 Change Embodiment Planning team:

By joining the team, you will have the opportunity to work with every part of the business, gaining a wide variety of exposure to understand the business quickly. This is an exciting opportunity to gain experience amongst the complexity of a major defence programme and there will be fantastic room for career development. 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 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:  8th 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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