Naval Projects Assistant PM — Bid & Delivery Lead

Thales Avionics, Inc. (AGS); Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Buying or selling annual leave

Cycle to work schemes

Employee discounts

Paid volunteering day

Stocks and shares

Annual bonus

Job summary

Thales UK in Crawley is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the Naval (NIS) projects within the SIX portfolio. You will assist in bid and project management from contract award to final delivery, coordinating across teams to ensure governance and timely delivery.

The role involves implementing process improvements, left-shifting, Baseline reviews, and new WPM tools, while maintaining data integrity in Oracle/Primavera and delivering on schedule, cost and risk management.

Qualifications

• Experience managing or being part of projects in a complex, multi-site organisation with change control, commercial awareness and stakeholder management.
• Understanding of scheduling techniques (e.g., WBS, OBS, milestones, dependencies, EVM).
• Experience with Project Management processes (Change Control, Risk Management, Information Management).
• Knowledge of project life cycle from development to support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver key results and performance metrics within projects, including order intake, sales, gross margin and cash.
• Create, maintain and basel ine the project baseline during bid/demand phase, covering requirements, work definition, estimating and scheduling of milestones and resources.
• Governance over bid and project delivery activities to ensure processes are applied and risks are controlled.
• Ensure business planning and reporting aligns with directives (PMR, BOR, OTD).
• Manage risks and opportunities with a robust Project Management Plan.
• Maintain data integrity for financials and schedule using Oracle and Primavera.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Project management

Risk management

Tools

Oracle

Primavera

Job description

Thales UK in Crawley is seeking an Assistant Project Manager to support the Naval (NIS) projects within the SIX portfolio. You will assist in bid and project management from contract award to final delivery, coordinating across teams to ensure governance and timely delivery.

The role involves implementing process improvements, left-shifting, Baseline reviews, and new WPM tools, while maintaining data integrity in Oracle/Primavera and delivering on schedule, cost and risk management.