Project Manager

GBR Recruitment Ltd; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

GBR Recruitment Ltd are working exclusively with a Lincolnshire based commercial defence business, leading the hiring for an experienced Project Manager to deliver complex high software & hardware capital projects. A hybrid role, working 3-4 days from the office & 1-2 days from home.

Must be happy to work in the office 5 days when needed to meet business needs, must also be happy to travel to clients sites for meetings & presentations too.

Qualifications

• End to end project management from inception to execution.
• Deliver projects OTIF, within deadlines and budget.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables.
• Create, maintain and develop project plans, schedules and resources.
• Coordinate with internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Identify, manage and remedy project risks and issues.
• Monitor progress and report updates to stakeholders.
• Chair and participate in project meetings to track progress.

Responsibilities

• End to end project management from planning to execution.
• Deliver OTIF projects within deadlines and budget.
• Define scope, goals and deliverables.
• Create, maintain project plans, schedules and resources.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Identify and remedy risks and issues.
• Monitor progress and report to stakeholders.
• Chair project meetings and resolve issues.
• Maintain engineering documentation and records.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Cross-functional teams

AgilePM

APM PMQ

Tools

Project management software

Job description

GBR Recruitment Ltd are working exclusively with a highly successful Lincolnshire based commercial defence business, leading the hiring for an experienced Project Manager to deliver complex high software & hardware capital projects.

A hybrid role, working 3-4 days from the office & 1-2 days from home. Must be happy to work in the office 5 days when needed to meet business needs, must also be happy to travel to clients sites for meetings & presentations too.

As the PM, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the clients commercial defence technology projects are delivered both effectively & efficiently.

You will have significant high value project delivery experience (£M's), ideally projects from within commercial defence contracts, government contracts or software / hardware commercial contracts within large scale corporate clients (national / global).

Responsibilities:

• End to end project management, from the initial project planning stages through to the execution / finalisation of them.
• Delivering projects OTIF meeting the set deadlines & within the set budget.
• Define project scope, set the project goals & the deliverables.
• Create, maintain & develop project plans inc. project schedules & resources.
• Coordinate with internal & external cross-functional teams
• Successfully identify, manage & remedy any project risks & project issues.
• Monitor project progress, communicating project updates to key stakeholders.
• Chair & take part in project meetings to track progress & resolve any issues.
• Responsible for maintaining engineering documentation drawings & technical records, ensuring that all engineering activities comply with required standards.

Attributes:

• Strong project management experience (for external clients), from within commercial defence contracts, government contracts or software / hardware commercial contracts within large scale corporate clients (multiple £M's)
• Strong in project management methodologies & project delivery processes
• Strong in using project management software.
• Excellent professional communication skills & the ability to liaise with stakeholders at all levels (SMT up to board level executives).
• Ability to prioritise project tasks & successfully deliver projects OTIF.
• AgilePM project management framework certification desirable.
• APM PMQ qualification desired.

A great opportunity to work within an ultra modern company that is going from strength to strength & growing year on year

Interviews are to take place immediately, with the role starting in the first week of October (depending on the successful applicants notice period).