Project Manager

QinetiQ; Gosport; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defence technology company is seeking a Project Manager to lead high-value projects at their site in Gosport. The role involves delivering complex projects for customers in a maritime context and requires experience in project management within the engineering or defence sectors. Candidates must possess a project management qualification and be eligible for SC clearance.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Health Cash Plan options

Employee discount portal

Volunteering Opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable capability to International Project Management Association Level C.
• Experience gained in an engineering or defence-based industry and delivering complex projects.
• Experience delivering projects to 3 different customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive engagement with project customers, partners and suppliers.
• Ensure project members operate in line with the Operating Framework.
• Resolve conflicts within the project and collaborate across QinetiQ.

Skills

International Project Management Association Level C

Experience in engineering or defence industry

Experience delivering projects

Understanding of Maritime, Aerospace or Rail

Education

Project management qualification or certification

Job description

Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits

Role ID: SF18878

Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Project Manager at our Gosport site, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.

The Role

As a Project Manager, you will have a role that is out of the ordinary and will be responsible for the delivery of high-value projects within our Platform Design Life Support team, helping to shape the future of ships and submarines by delivering outstanding maritime services globally.

You will play a crucial role in supporting the front line of the UKs national security, working to help protect the nation. You will be delivering complex projects to meet customers’ requirements utilising Strategic Maritime Facilities and Capabilities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Development and maintenance of positive engagement with project customers, partners and suppliers
• Operating in a Safe & Secure manner, embedding a culture in line with the QinetiQ values and reporting progress on all accountabilities to Programme / Portfolio Manager
• Delivery of the project outputs to agreed baseline
• Ensuring project members operate in line with the Operating Framework
• Resolving conflicts within the project and collaborating across QinetiQ
• Maintenance of forecasts for sales and delivery which reflects the up-to-date expectations for the work

Essential experience of the Project Manager:

• Demonstrable capability to International Project Management Association Level C
• Experience gained in an engineering or defence-based industry and delivering complex projects
• Experience delivering projects to 3 different customers
• A strong understanding of Maritime, Aerospace or Rail would be an advantage

Essential qualifications for the Project Manager:

• A project management qualification or certification

This role is 37 hours per week based at Haslar, Gosport. Hybrid working patterns are available.

Our facilities at the Haslar Marine Technology Park are state-of-the-art, including our ocean basin rotating arm, and marine towing tank, offering an unparalleled environment for testing and refining designs. Our marine technology offers our global customers a service to deliver constrained hydrodynamic model tests of surface ships, submarines, offshore structures, and renewable energy devices.

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture. www.qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.

Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.

UKSV National Security Vetting Solution: guidance for applicants - GOV.UK.