Support & Services Change & New Business PM Professional

Job Description

Job title: Project Management Professional – Support & Services Change & New Business

Location: Warton or Samlesbury – 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:

• Change Delivery – Track the internal and external progression of changes within significant change programmes (Target Events) or standalone clearance activities (i.e. SAM’s, MCP’s, RFA’s, ICA’s and Euroject CP’s) for the relevant In-Service platform programme
• Schedule Management – Lead the management of contract changes from inception to delivery (where requested), working closely with the technical leads to develop and drive the change delivery schedule within the Shared Services organisation
• Project Integration – Lead the integration of project deliveries across the Shared Services organisation bringing together outputs from Fast Jet Support, Design and Development and Air Service and producing a coherent output at contract level
• PM Improvements – Drive improvements to the management of all Customer projects in order to deliver major programmes to agreed timescales, including but not limited to the adoption of JIRA task management toolset for the full lifecycle of a Target Event programme, and improvements to project control to increase visibility of cost and schedule performance.

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Experience leading others
• Experience of scheduling and process improvement
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders effectively and manage complex and diverse scenarios, focusing on high quality and delivery through others even in high pressured, time critical situations
• Ability to think analytically, to resolve problems and to identify solutions and causes
• Good understanding of change management

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 Support & Services Change & New Business team:

The Project Management Professional is responsible for supporting the Customer Relationship Manager on the Middle East Support Contracts and providing a vital integration role across the Service Delivery Organisation.

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: 10^th 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.