Graduate Project Manager

BAE Systems.; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor in Portsmouth is seeking a Graduate Maritime Services Project Manager. The role focuses on supporting the project lifecycle ensuring customer satisfaction while managing risks and resources. Applicants should hold or expect a 2.2 in a relevant degree. This position offers a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Employee share plans

Flexible discounts on health and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Ability to support project lifecycle ensuring customer/user needs are met.
• Skill in identifying and managing risks to project success.
• Knowledge of predictive and adaptive project management methods.

Responsibilities

• Support project lifecycle to meet user needs and achieve benefits.
• Identify and manage risks to the project.
• Manage budgets, quality, and schedule adherence.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Management

Budget Management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Project Management or relevant degree

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Graduate Maritime Services Project Manager

Location: Portsmouth Naval Base (Hampshire)

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements, however for this role you will be expected to attend your site 3-5 days per week.

Salary: £34,000 + £2,000 Welcome Bonus

What you'll be doing

• Supporting the full project lifecycle to ensure that the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.
• Identify, assesses and manages risks to the success of the project.
• Apply appropriate PM methods and tools whether predictive approaches or adaptive approaches.
• Aid with agreeing project approach with stakeholders and prepares realistic plans and tracks activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
• Support in reviewing project data and analysis to identify areas of concern and success.
• Support in managing budgets, quality and schedule adherence.

Benefits

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts - you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

About Maritime and Land Defence Solutions

With collaboration, innovation and a laser-like customer focus at its core, M&L Defence Solutions is growing a strong, long-term UK product and support business. It focuses on four key areas: Future Warship Support, Underwater Battlespace, Future Land Capability and Future Air Defence, encompassing both major investment in new products and cutting-edge technologies.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you\'ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Qualification requirements

As a minimum requirement you\'ll need to have obtained, or be predicted to obtain, a 2.2 in your Bachelor\'s or Master\'s degree in Project Management, Business or any relevant degree.

Start date

Start date (dd Month Year): 7th September 2026

Length of contract

Length of contract: Permanent contract