PMO - Project Management Officer

ZipRecruiter; Biggar; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Aerospace organization is seeking a motivated Project Management Officer to join their manufacturing engineering department. The role involves ensuring best practices in project management, supporting project leaders, and promoting Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a strong understanding of project management principles.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented individual with strong project management principles.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure strong Project Management governance and practices.
• Support communication and stakeholder management.
• Track project performance and propose corrective actions.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Agile

Job description

Job Description

We are recruiting for a PMO for a leading Aerospace organisation based onsite in Broughton. An exciting opportunity exists to join our manufacturing engineering department. The successful candidate will be motivated and passionate to maximise and drive best practice Project Management governance, methods, and tools across manufacturing engineering.

As a Project Management Officer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of projects across the organisation. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented individual with a strong understanding of project management principles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. The primary focus will be within the wide-body manufacturing engineering area. Main activities will include:

1. Ensuring projects are supported with strong Project Management expertise and that appropriate Project & Programme Management structure, governance, and practices are in place.
2. Working with manufacturing project leaders and project organisation on a day-to-day basis.
3. Raising understanding and acceptance of best practice project management within the ME teams by coaching and providing awareness sessions, challenging project leaders where necessary.
4. Shaping methods and tools in accordance with PM standards to meet project needs.
5. Supporting efficient communication and stakeholder management, ensuring activities are aligned with interfacing projects and operations.
6. Promoting Agile Way of Working (WoW) and acting as Scrum Master for project activities where appropriate.
7. Establishing end-to-end project plans and controlling all changes versus the initial baseline. Identifying associated Earned Value Management (EVM) milestones and project critical points.
8. Tracking performance versus plan throughout the project lifecycle. Analyzing project information to anticipate deviations from targets and proposing preventive or corrective actions. Providing clear and regular reporting throughout all project phases.
9. Driving the Risk & Opportunity Management process in line with the existing R&O process, owning the associated R&O register, and regularly updating the Project Leader.
10. Working jointly with Finance to compare costs incurred and time spent for progress achieved against current planning.
11. Preparing and publishing reports as required. Defining and delivering relevant KPIs and dashboards for effective performance measurement. Contributing to team reviews and preparing/supporting project management reviews (PRM, operational meetings, etc.).
12. This role may involve occasional travel for business purposes, and the candidate must be able to travel.

This is an umbrella contract; the role is Inside IR35.