Assistant Project Manager

Marshall Land Systems; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

BPSS security clearance support

Job summary

Marshall Land Systems is seeking an Assistant Project Manager in Cambridge. You will support the Project Director and Integrated Project Team in planning, coordination and delivery of work packages.

Responsibilities include maintaining the IMS, coordinating documents, and managing subcontracted activities. A BPSS security check is required, with on-site work three days per week and some travel to other sites.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering work packages within a complex project environment.
• Background in project management, continuous improvement, or similar management setting.
• Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and use initiative.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project documentation, deliverables, schedules and work packages.
• Support planning/management of subcontracted activities and material shipments.
• Maintain and update the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).
• Monitor work packages for budgets, schedules and quality requirements.
• Facilitate communication across internal and external stakeholders.
• Own assigned work packages and escalate risks, issues and delays.
• Contribute to wider project objectives and perform additional duties as required.

Skills

Project coordination

Communication

IT/ICT skills

Education

APM Project Management qualification or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role?

This is an exciting opportunity to join Marshall Land Systems as an Assistant Project Manager. Within this role you will support the Project Director and wider Integrated Project Team in the successful planning, coordination, and delivery of project work packages.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating project documentation, deliverables, schedules, and work packages.
• Supporting the planning and management of subcontracted activities and material shipments.
• Maintaining and updating the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) to support delivery against agreed timescales.
• Monitoring work packages to ensure delivery within agreed budgets, schedules, and quality requirements.
• Supporting effective communication and collaboration across internal and external stakeholders.
• Taking ownership of assigned work packages and supporting the identification and escalation of risks, issues, and potential delays.
• Supporting the successful delivery of wider project objectives and undertaking additional duties as required.

Apply If You Have Most of the Following

• Proven experience delivering work packages within a complex project environment.
• Experience in project management, continuous improvement, or a similar management environment.
• Strong organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently, and use initiative.
• Proactive and motivated approach, with the ability to work effectively as part of an Integrated Project Team.
• Strong IT/ICT skills and experience using project management systems.

Technical Skills / Education

• APM Project Management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Good understanding of project management principles, planning, scheduling, budgets, and delivery.
• Experience managing project documentation, work packages, and deliverables.
• Engineering or Project Management background, preferably within Aerospace and/or Defence.
• Project management and/or risk management qualifications or training.
• Experience working in highly regulated or technically complex environments.
• Experience working with subcontractors and external suppliers.

Additional Local Needs

• Based on-site in Cambridge 3 days per week, with flexibility required to meet business needs.
• Occasional travel to the South Wales site may be required.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a BPSS security check.

Benefits Of The Role

• Gain hands on experience across project planning, delivery, risk and stakeholder management.
• You will take ownership of key work packages and see your contribution directly influence the successful delivery of complex, high-profile projects.
• Gain experience alongside Senior Project Leads and Integrated Project Teams, developing your skills across the full project lifecycle.
• You will develop highly transferable project management experience within a technically complex and highly regulated Aerospace & Defense environment.

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.

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