Project Manager

NCS Curtiss-Wright Wimborne Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Challenging work

Collaborative environment

Global company

Job summary

Curtiss‑Wright Wimborne is seeking a Project Manager to lead engineering development projects across the Neutron Monitoring product line for the nuclear industry. You will oversee planning, scheduling, customer engagement, and financial ownership to ensure successful execution on site in Wimborne, UK.

The role requires a PMI/APM qualification and strong leadership plus stakeholder management. Desirable Bachelor’s degree; sole British national security requirement may apply.

Qualifications

• Security compliance requires sole British national.
• Holds a Project Management qualification (PMI, APM or global equivalent).
• Bachelor’s degree level desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through lifecycle, meeting time, cost and quality objectives.
• Create and maintain Project Management Plans and WBS.
• Engage stakeholders, manage external relationships and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Own project budget, track KPIs and report to Senior Management.
• Drive risk management, change control and project communications.
• Mentor and develop team members and support bid work when needed.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMI/APM certification

Job description

Project Manager With exciting growth underway, we are looking to add a Project Manager to our Wimborne Curtiss‑Wright team! This role will lead a range of engineering development projects across our Neutron Monitoring product line for the nuclear industry. You will play a key role in delivering on strategic business objectives – overseeing the engineering lifecycle, including planning, scheduling, customer engagement, and financial ownership, ensuring successful project execution. Location: Wimborne, UK

Your Challenge:

• Execution of projects throughout project life cycle in accordance with defined time, budget, and quality objectives.
• Create and maintain Project Management Plans, ensuring timely, responsive completion of deliverables.
• Create and maintain project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
• Identify stakeholders and create project Communications Plans.
• Develop appropriate strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project decision and execution.
• Manage and control costs as per the project budget.
• Report and present project KPIs to Senior Management Team.
• Manage project scope and perform integrated change control.
• Facilitate communications between key internal department resources (i.e. Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing).
• Acquire, develop, and manage project team resources.
• Mediate problems/issues encountered by project team members.
• Manage external-facing customer relationships.
• Support Procurement to establish and maintain key supplier relationships.
• Conduct risk management planning, identification, analysis, and response planning.
• Ensure project records are maintained and made available in accordance with project management processes and company policies.
• Delivering projects in line with business contract and quality requirements.
• Ownership of tactical/operational plans for the programs asigned.
• Ability to recommend strategies that will impact mid to long term business achievments through program opportunities.
• Provision of support on bid work where necessary.
• High degree of responsibility for resources, the ability to influence business decisions and will contribute to operating plans in support of the function.
• Provide mentoring to others in the organization.

What You Bring:

• Security contractual compliance will require incumbents must be a sole British National.
• Holds Project Management qualification (PMI, APM or global equivalent).
• Desirable for education of Bachelor’s degree level.
• An action-oriented person who drives results with strong customer focus.
• Strong communicator with excellent leadership skills.

Desired Skills:

• Focusses on the generation of specific outputs and outcomes required by the organisation, as part of a project.
• Provides the project team with leadership, planning, and coordination through communications.
• Provides written communications (e.g. documented plans and scheduled) and communicates in real time with the project team using meetings and verbal or non-verbal cues.
• Leads the project planning activities.
• Directs the creation, approval, and ongoing change control of the project plan.
• Progressively elaborates high-level information into detailed plans throughout the project life cycle.
• Manages the project team to meet the project objectives.
• Guides and evaluates the performance of the project team.
• Mediates problems/issues encountered by project team members.
• Ensures that project members understand what is expected of them and what they should expect from one another.
• Identifies, addresses, and resolves differences between individuals and/or interest groups.

Who We Are

Curtiss‑Wright Wimborne, a Business Unit of Curtiss‑Wright Nuclear, is a global engineering and design manufacture leader with just over six decades of experience designing for heavily regulated markets, such as nuclear, aerospace, oil and gas, and more. We develop sensors and instrumentation and control solutions for harsh environments and mission critical applications when safety and reliability matter. We focus on our customers’ success in every step of our process from sales engagement, quality, delivery, and customer service. Our customers trust us and know our commitment to safety is our top priority.

Our Values

• Leadership – We lead based on vision and strategic direction, empowering employees to reach goals through thoughtful and decisive action.
• Customer Focus – We are committed to achieving total quality by meeting our customers’ expectations and delivering products and services in a timely fashion.
• Teamwork & Trust – Working in a spirit of trust and collaboration, we actively encourage employees to contribute their ideas and innovations to keep our company moving forward.
• Respect for People – We believe that people are our most valuable asset and will always do the right thing in our dealings and interactions with all employees.
• Integrity – We will act with the highest integrity in all of our business relationships and strategic partnerships.

What We Offer Our Employees:

• Opportunity: As part of the Curtiss‑Wright team, you have the opportunity each day to transform the way customers do business, as well as transform your career. Our entrepreneurial environment provides you with excellent experiences that enable you to develop your skills through stretch assignments and the opportunity to work with the best talent in the industry. You will have the opportunity to contribute from day one!
• Challenging Work: The work we do here is not only challenging, but it is meaningful to our customers, our employees and the communities in which they live and work. You are given the chance to work on some of the most advanced technology projects in the world.
• Collaborative Environment: The teamwork among our exceptionally talented people enables us to deliver some of the most advanced solutions to our customers.

Compliance Statement

This position may require exposure to export-controlled information and subject to additional security screening. In the event information provided during the security screening reveals ineligibility to access export-controlled information, any offer of employment may be reconsidered or withdrawn. Curtiss‑Wright is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, age, ancestry, legally protected medical condition, family care status, marital status, religion, veteran status, national origin or any other legally protected status. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact Talent Acquisition. For US Applicants: EEO is The Law – click here for more information. If you require accommodation due to a disability at any time during the recruitment and/or assessment process, please contact Talent Acquisition and we will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate your request.

Join the WRIGHT Team! Over 95 years of growth, Curtiss‑Wright is an integrated, market-facing global diversified industrial company and remains a technology leader through this legacy of innovation. Through three well-balanced segments – Aerospace & Industrial, Defense Electronics and Naval & Power – we remain focused on advanced technologies for high performance platforms and critical applications. Diversity, commitment to excellence and dedication to the spirit of pioneering innovation continue to drive the employees of Curtiss‑Wright. Our Values What makes a world-class organization? It all begins with core values that provide a strong foundation for success. Simple in theory, the values of Curtiss‑Wright are reflected in every aspect of our operations. To our employees, these are more than words on a wall – we all take these values to heart in our relationships with our customers and each other.