Project Coordinator

Defence iQ; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Working: This role offers hybrid working and flexible working opportunities.

The Project Coordinator will be joining the Project Department. Reporting to the Programme Manager, this role will provide important project management support during bid phase and contract execution.

The Project Coordinator role involves producing and maintaining project schedules for assigned projects and bids. This will include headcount and cost flow forecasting, critical path analysis, monitoring completion of project tasks, monitoring costs against estimates, monthly updates on ETCs (Estimates to Completion), risk reviews and taking responsibility for Continuous Improvement for one or more processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Be the primary customer contact.
• Gathering information to support project controls and reporting.
• Monitoring completion of project tasks through frequent communication with all members of the project team and supporting functions.
• Problem solving and negotiating priorities through manufacturing through attendance at production planning meetings and regular review.
• Preparation and maintenance of project plans maximising use of all available project management tools.
• Preparation of work breakdown structures and relevant business system information for contract execution.
• Enhancement of an effective team interface between engineering and manufacturing groups.
• Preparation of cost to completion analysis and reports and other essential project management information.
• Management of small or non-technical projects to agreed time, cost and specification objectives.
• Carry out other duties that may reasonably be required by the Programmes Director or the Programme Manager in support of department activities.

Skills, Qualification and Experience

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Customer and business focused.
• Good team worker.
• Enthusiastic, resilient with drive and motivation.
• Persuasive.
• Experience of working within a team-based, multidiscipline development environment is essential.
• PC and keyboard literate and working knowledge of project management tools, plus working knowledge of IFS or an equivalent ERP system.

Desirable

• APM Level 5 (Association for Project Management) qualification is an advantage; training can be provided to work towards this qualification.
• Project management or project support office experience.
• Working knowledge of project management tools including Microsoft Project (MSP).
• Previous management experience and display an aptitude for leadership.
• Experience of subcontract management is an advantage.

Company Overview

• Want to work for a successful business, who develop advanced specialist systems to deliver warfighting edge in the modern maritime and underwater battlespace?
• The company has a number of awards, most recently being named as an Award winner (Gold Award) in MoD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme!
• Some company benefits are:
• Optional 9 day fortnight
• TOIL
• Flexible working hours
• 1pm finish on a Friday
• Annual bonus
• Casual dress
• 25 days holiday
• Christmas shut down.
• Option to buy or sell holiday.
• Option to purchase private health care, dental, critical illness etc via salary sacrifice.
• Reward hub - discounts at over 200 online stores.
• 4 x annual salary life cover.

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