Defence Project Manager: End-to-End Delivery Leader

Steatite Limited; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Steatite Limited is seeking an experienced Project Manager to take end-to-end ownership of complex Defence and engineering programmes. You will bring together engineering, customers, suppliers and internal teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

You will manage scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality across the full lifecycle, lead multi-disciplinary teams, maintain governance, and support bids and commercial reviews while helping the organisation improve delivery through lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex projects in Defence, Aerospace, engineering, manufacturing or similar technical environments.
• Full project lifecycle experience and strong governance/controls.
• Commercial and supplier-management experience.
• Excellent customer and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project or equivalent planning tools.
• PRINCE2 Practitioner or APM or equivalent PM experience.
• Experience in UK Defence, Earned Value Management or bid support.
• Eligible for UK Security Check (SC) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical projects through the full lifecycle.
• Own scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk and change.
• Manage project plans, milestones, dependencies and roadmaps.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Commercial and Finance.
• Build strong relationships with customers and senior stakeholders.
• Manage third-party suppliers and subcontractors.
• Maintain governance, reporting and controls.
• Manage budgets, forecasts and commercial milestones.
• Support bids and commercial reviews.
• Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement across delivery.

Skills

Complex project delivery

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Project governance

Supplier management

Risk management

Security clearance

Education

PRINCE2 Practitioner

APM qualification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Planning tools

Job description

Steatite Limited is seeking an experienced Project Manager to take end-to-end ownership of complex Defence and engineering programmes. You will bring together engineering, customers, suppliers and internal teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

You will manage scope, schedule, cost, risk and quality across the full lifecycle, lead multi-disciplinary teams, maintain governance, and support bids and commercial reviews while helping the organisation improve delivery through lessons learned.