Aerospace Project Manager: Drive Delays to Delivery

ReeVR; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee bonus scheme

Pension with up to 10% employer-conrib

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Job summary

The successful candidate will push for results, manage schedules and budgets, and navigate a matrix organisation with external suppliers. A security clearance is a must; applicants must be UK citizens who have lived in the UK for the past 5 years.

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience within engineering or manufacturing.
• Proven experience managing delayed projects and challenging deadlines.
• Confidence pushing engineering and operations teams to deliver.
• Experience managing external customers and suppliers.
• Strong planning, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional engineering project teams.
• Drive programmes back on schedule when delivery falls behind.
• Challenge engineering and operations teams to resolve delays.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, costs and risks.
• Work closely with an on-site customer and manage expectations.
• Identify issues and implement recovery plans.
• Monitor budgets, forecasts and project expenditure.
• Manage changing requirements and project scope.
• Report progress, risks and delivery performance.
• Drive accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Scheduling

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

External vendors management

Proactive delivery

Tools

MS Project

Job description

The successful candidate will push for results, manage schedules and budgets, and navigate a matrix organisation with external suppliers. A security clearance is a must; applicants must be UK citizens who have lived in the UK for the past 5 years.