Junior Project Manager

Indra Group UK & Ireland; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexitime and core hours – 37.5 hrs a週

Enhanced Holiday – 25 days plus bank

Enhanced Pension Scheme – up to 8%

Life Assurance

Private healthcare

Cycle to work scheme

Free parking

Job summary

Indra Park Air is seeking a proactive Junior Project Manager to oversee programmes from bid to delivery. You will work with bid teams to extract requirements, prepare schedules, manage costs and monitor risk under the Programme Delivery Manager’s guidance.

Key tasks include producing PMP inputs, maintaining risk registers, and ensuring compliant bids and smooth project execution. A BPSS clearance is required; strong MS Project and MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in a project management related discipline preferred or working towards PRINCE2.
• Experience with MS Project to manage cost and schedule adherence is essential.
• Experience with project controls/tools/metrics is essential.
• Strong MS Office (Word, Excel, Project) skills.
• Experience as a Project Coordinator or Junior Project Manager.
• Experience with proposal work on medium/high value, complex deliverables.
• Organised with ability to manage competing priorities.
• Hands-on can-do attitude and proactive delivery.
• Good written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Produce a storyboard from the Win Themes/Bid strategy.
• Capture/Bid or Sales Manager inputs.
• Review and extract requirements from ITT/RFQ/RFP to support bid.
• Contribute inputs into the proposal (PMP, SOW, Compliance Matrices).
• Create a schedule for the proposed programme and gain buy-in.
• Produce a risk register and assess the contingency fund.
• Coordinate internal/external costs for bid to ensure low-cost compliant bids.
• Support Cost Review with the Executive Team.
• Deliver programmes to technical specification, budgets and schedule.
• Maintain Programme Management Plan (PMP) where required.
• Assemble project team with Line Manager resources.
• Raise resource conflicts with the relevant Manager(s).
• Prepare programme schedule and obtain buy-in from team and customer.
• Monitor progress and initiate corrective actions.
• Maintain WBS and allocate funds for control spreadsheets.
• Maintain budget adherence and ETC.
• Report deviations from baseline margin monthly.
• Maintain Risk Register and conduct monthly risk reviews.
• Manage contingency funds to mitigate risk and/or increase profit.
• Generate data/slides and present programmes at reviews.

Skills

MS Office

MS Project

Proposal work

Communication

Organized planning

Time management

Education

Project Management degree

PRINCE2 qualification

Tools

MS Project

Cost tracking tools

Job description

Indra Park Air work with customers all over the globe to make air travel safer. For over 50 years we’ve been one of the leading producers of VHF and UHF radios, providing the vital link between the ground and the air for passenger, freight and military aircraft.

The reasons behind our success are simple and won’t change. First, we work harder for the customer than the rest. We take time to truly know their needs and create the right product for them. We train them how to use it, we won’t let our equipment be deployed until every detail is right, and then we provide the best care and service for all of our products as long as they are still used.

At Park Air we stay the best by looking to the future – to new requirements and new possibilities. A radio remains a radio but we never stop thinking about how we can improve it, how we make it and how it can offer more to our customers. It’s no wonder that we are one of only 2% of companies worldwide to hold PLATINUM Level in Investors in People Accreditation.

Reporting to the Programme Delivery Manager the Junior Project Manager is responsible for the performance of all of the Programmes assigned to them with respect to schedule, cost, performance and customer satisfaction.

What you will do:

When assigned to a Bid Team

• If required, produce a Storyboard from the Win Themes/ Bid strategy agreed with the
• Capture/Bid or Sales Manager
• Responsible for review and extraction of requirements from ITT/RFQ/RFP to support bid
• Provide inputs into the proposal, in line with the required documentation typically, these are the PMP, Statement of Work, and Compliance Matrices.
• Accountable to produce a schedule for the proposed programme in conjunction with the team and gain buy-in to that schedule from other functions
• Produce a risk register and assess the contingence fund required
• Accountable for the collection and collation of all internal and external costs for the bid, so ensuring lowest cost compliant bids, which can be successfully delivered.
• If required support the Capture/Bid or Sales manager to undertake a Cost Review with the companies Executive Team

When assigned as Programme Manager for a particular contract:

• Accountable for the successful delivery of programmes to technical specification/requirements, budgets and schedule
• Providing predictability and consistency in programme performance, revenue and cash milestone delivery
• Review contract documentation and resolve any issues and/or ambiguities with Programme Delivery Manager or Commercial /Contracts Manager
• Produce and maintain a Programme Management Plan (PMP) where needed or required by the contract
• Assemble the project team with resources provided by Line Managers
• Raise resource conflicts which cannot be resolved at the working level with the relevant Manager(s)
• Produce programme schedule in conjunction with project team and gain buy-in from the team and customer to that plan
• Monitor progress against the schedule with project team and initiate corrective action and schedule amendments
• Produce WBS, partition and allocate funds to produce control spreadsheet
• Maintain budget adherence and Estimates to Complete
• Report deviations from the baseline margin, at regular intervals but no greater that monthly
• Maintain the Risk Register and manage risk mitigation actions. Conduct regular, not less than monthly, risk reviews to reduce the impact and probability of existing and to discuss new and identified risks
• Manage contingency funds to mitigate risk and/or release to increase profit as soon as able to be released
• Generate required data / slides and present your programmes at the Programme Review and Watch List as required

Requirements

Although not essential, you will preferably have a degree in a Project Management related discipline and/or be working towards your PRINCE2 or equivalent qualification or interested in doing so . We are particularly interested in receiving your application if you have experience in any of the following areas:

• Expertise in the use of MS Project to manage cost and schedule adherence is essential
• Experience of using various project controls/ tools/metrics is essential
• Good understanding, knowledge and ability to work with MS Office suite of programs (MS Word, Excel, Project etc)
• Previous experience as a Project Coordinator or Junior Project Manager
• Some previous experience, or exposure of proposal work on medium/high value, complex deliverables
• Possess an organised approach enabling the timely delivery of competing priorities
• A hands-on can-do attitude and ability to get things done proactively
• Ability to communicate well in written and verbal form

Security Clearance:

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels

Benefits

What we can offer you:

• Flexitime and core hours – 37.5 hrs a week, core hrs between 0930-1500
• Enhanced Holiday – 25 days plus bank holidays
• Enhanced Pension Scheme – up to 8% company contribution
• Life Assurance
• Buying and Selling Holidays
• Long service and retirement awards
• Private healthcare
• Flu vaccinations
• Cycle to work scheme
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Training
• Continuous Learning
• Employee Assistance Programme and Wellbeing Services

Indra Park Air is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law.