Project Manager

GBR Recruitment Ltd; Greater Lincolnshire; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GBR Recruitment Ltd is partnering with a Lincolnshire-based commercial defence business to hire an experienced Project Manager. The role delivers complex high software and hardware capital projects, with a hybrid pattern of 3-4 days in the office and 1-2 days at home, plus travel to client sites as needed.

You will oversee end-to-end project delivery, managing scope, schedule, budget and stakeholder communications for multi-million pound programmes in defence and large-scale corporate

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering multi-million £ projects in defence or government sectors.
• Hybrid role with office and client site travel.
• Strong in defining scope, plans, risks and stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project management from planning through to execution and finalisation.
• Deliver projects OTIF within time and budget constraints.
• Define project scope, goals and deliverables.
• Create, maintain and develop project plans including schedules and resources.
• Coordinate with internal and external cross-functional teams.
• Identify, manage and remedy project risks and issues.
• Monitor progress and communicate updates to stakeholders.
• Chair and participate in project meetings to track progress and resolve issues.
• Maintain engineering documentation drawings and ensure compliance with required standards.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budget control

Scheduling

Communication

Education

APM PMQ desirable

AgilePM desirable

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

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).