Defence Infrastructure Project Manager (Hybrid)

Amentum; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical cover

Generous pension contributions

Flexible working options

Professional development support

Volunteering time

Job summary

Amentum is seeking enthusiastic Project Managers with a strong track record of delivering defence infrastructure and built environment projects to join our expanding team in the UK. You’ll support planning, coordination and execution across complex programmes, engaging with government and industry stakeholders to enable national capability and operational readiness.

You’ll spend time on client sites across the North and travel as needed, with hybrid and remote working options to support flexible

Qualifications

• Significant track record delivering projects on time, to budget, and to quality.
• Ability to work autonomously, build relationships, and influence stakeholders.
• Experience identifying client requirements and scoping wider opportunities.
• Expertise in P3M practices and applying delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Understand, and deliver in accordance with, organisational policies, processes, and procedures.
• Support the development and assurance of business cases as part of wider approval processes.
• Analyse, develop, support, and manage the timely and cost‑effective delivery of client projects.
• Influence, support, and expedite client project delivery through effective planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting of project performance.
• Identify and effectively manage project assumptions and dependencies.
• Support identification of slippage and risk, and implement remedial or mitigating actions.
• Champion the application of appropriate programme and project delivery strategies and commercial vehicles to secure successful outcomes.
• Ensure appropriate services to the project are coordinated and delivered through technical, engineering, project controls, commercial, and financial support functions.
• Maintain project records, information, and history accurately and in line with policy.
• Ensure learning from experience is captured and apply continuous improvement techniques to project delivery.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Autonomy

Coaching mentoring

Education

APM PFQ/PMQ

PRINCE2 / Agile Practitioner

MAPM membership

Degree level

Job description

Amentum is seeking enthusiastic Project Managers with a strong track record of delivering defence infrastructure and built environment projects to join our expanding team in the UK. You’ll support planning, coordination and execution across complex programmes, engaging with government and industry stakeholders to enable national capability and operational readiness.

You’ll spend time on client sites across the North and travel as needed, with hybrid and remote working options to support flexible