Project Manager – Delivery

Job Title: Project Delivery Manager

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 £60,000 depending on skills and experience with executive car allowance and bonus benefits

What you’ll be doing: 

• Responsible for leading, managing and developing multi-disciplinary teams whilst covering a range of subject areas within associated semi-complex projects, multiple simple projects or complex control accounts
• Be responsible for ensuring the most cost-effective and efficient means of delivery, whilst mitigating risks and leveraging opportunities
• Actively highlight any failures and shortfalls positively whilst drawing through LFE into the projects or control accounts. With this you will also be advising on mitigations and engaging with the Delivery Manager to mitigate wider occurrence
• Regularly meet the customer to understand the objective, requirements and the means of acceptance for all projects
• Be responsible for meeting budgets, maintaining schedules and delivering scope in line with the project requirements
• Support the construction (through the Project Controls Function,) of the Performance Measurement Baseline for the project or control account

Your skills and experiences: 

• University degree/professional Project Management qualification or practical experience gained through industry work with the application of Project Management
• Experience of leading and managing a project management team whilst delivering semi complex projects or control accounts with a variety of stakeholders
• Have a wide knowledge of the Submarine Build process
• Hold previous experience of utilising best practice methodologies in the successful execution of project delivery including – risk, stakeholder, schedule, planning, scheduling, change, financial control, performance and hold point management
• Have the ability to achieve delivery results by influencing others through exemplary communication and interpersonal skills

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 Alliance Delivery team: 

By joining us in the team, you will play a key part in the development and delivery of the SSBN Dreadnought Programme. You will have a great opportunity to interact with BAE’S Contract Management Team and site facility owners as well as the Alliance Programme team and members of the industry partners. This role will provide you with the opportunity to develop your career within BAE Systems due to exposure gained across multiple business areas. 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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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: 20th June 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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