Project Coordinator

Marshall Land Systems; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role

Cambridge-based 3 days a week

Job summary

Marshall Land Systems, a Canadian-owned global company with a Cambridge origin, is seeking a Project Coordinator to support the PMO in coordinating activities across engineering, procurement, supply chain, and production. You will work within a matrix organisation to help ensure projects are effectively coordinated and delivered.

Based in Cambridge with a hybrid 3 days a week pattern, you will assist with governance, baseline maintenance and performance measures, while coordinating trials and

Qualifications

• Experience as a project coordinator or similar role in engineering/production.
• Ability to plan, control and deliver work packages.
• Experience budgeting, developing plans and delivering measurable results.
• Understanding of configuration, change and/or risk management is advantageous.
• Working knowledge of ERP systems, Microsoft Project, SharePoint and Office 365.

Responsibilities

• Assist and coordinate in the delivery activities and governance processes across the programme team.
• Assist and coordinate in the delivery and acceptance of finished products, supported by the cross-functional programme team.
• Support the maintenance of the programme baseline and performance measures within governance processes.
• Coordinate development trials: test assets, equipment and personnel in collaboration with project/engineering management.
• Own project administration artefacts: action trackers, delivery databases, and support to management accounting data.
• Raise non-system purchase requisitions for long lead items and subcontract services to support external partners.
• Support the programme communication plan execution, including team communications and presentation collateral.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder collaboration

Data interpretation

MS Office

ERP/PM tools

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

MS Office 365

ERP systems

Job description

Brief Description

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will be a key member of the Programme Management Office (PMO), supporting the coordination and delivery of activities across the programme team. Working within a matrix organisation, you will collaborate with colleagues across engineering, procurement, supply chain, production, finance and project management to help ensure projects are effectively coordinated and delivered.

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role

This is an opportunity to gain broad exposure to the full project lifecycle within a complex engineering and manufacturing environment. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of project coordination activities, work with a wide range of stakeholders and develop your project management capability while contributing directly to successful programme delivery.

Your responsibilities in this role include:

• Assist and coordinate in the delivery activities and governance processes across the programme team,
• Assist and coordinate in the delivery and acceptance of finished products, supported by the cross-functional programme team
• In collaboration with Planning and Controls/, support the efficient operation of governance processes, such as maintenance of the programme baseline and performance measures.
• In collaboration with project and engineering management, support arrangements for development trials, including coordination of test assets, equipment and personnel.
• Ownership of Project administration artefacts such as action trackers, Project delivery databases and support to the management accounting team in the project financial data.
• Raising non-system purchase requisitions such as for long lead items and subcontract services, supporting successful delivery from external partners where appropriate.
• Support to the programme communication plan execution, including preparation of team communications and presentation collateral.

Apply if you have most of the following:

• Experience as a project coordinator, business/executive assistant, operations analyst, business analyst, project controller, planner or similar, within the context of engineering and production.
• A good working knowledge of the Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint is essential, with ability to derive meaning from data.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, control and deliver work packages within a project setting.
• Experience of budgeting, developing plans and delivering tangible results that have measurable outcomes.
• Understanding of configuration management, change management and/or risk management are advantageous.
• Working knowledge of project management and collaboration toolsets such as ERP systems, Microsoft Project, Sharepoint and Microsoft Office/365.

Additional local needs:

• Hybrid role, Cambridge based 3 days a week
• Successful candidate will need to complete a successful BPSS check

Benefits of this role include:

• Opportunity to play a key role in project coordination and programme delivery, with end-to-end exposure across a complex engineering and manufacturing environment
• Work closely with Senior Project Managers and cross-functional Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) across engineering, procurement, supply chain, production and finance
• Gain hands-on experience in project governance, controls, financial management, risk, change and configuration management
• Ownership of project coordination activities, action tracking, delivery information and project artefacts, with exposure to ERP and project management systems
• Strong opportunity for professional development and progression towards Project Manager, Senior Project Coordinator, Project Controls or wider Programme Management roles

Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.