Project Manager

Omega Resource Group; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

35 days holidays

Job summary

Omega Resource Group is seeking a Project Manager for a permanent on-site role in the Defence sector. Based in Dorset, you will oversee projects from handover through design, manufacture, integration, commissioning and warranty, acting as the primary customer interface.

You will lead cross-functional teams across systems, hardware, software, mechanical, and production, ensuring alignment with scope, milestones and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex engineering, technology or equipment delivery projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong commercial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Act as the principal customer interface throughout project execution.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams involving systems, hardware, software, mechanical, production, procurement, quality and support functions.
• Establish and maintain the project management plan.
• Coordinate customer acceptance, installation, commissioning and warranty activities through to formal project closure.
• Understand the contract, scope, milestones and deliverables for each project.

Skills

Multidisciplinary team leadership

Commercial acumen

Project coordination

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Job Type: Permanent

Working Arrangements: Onsite

Industry: Defence

Job Location: Dorset

Salary: Negotiable + Bonus + 35 days holidays

Due to the nature of this position, the successful candidate must be able to obtain SC Security Clearance

Profile – Project Manager

Our client is an established specialist in the design and provision of bespoke technical solutions for the defence and aerospace sector. The company has secured record contract wins and is expanding within the UK and abroad, offering employees the opportunity to work in a varied and highly technical environment.

Job Role – Project Manager

The Project manager is responsible for assigned projects from internal handover and customer kick-off through design, manufacture, integration, acceptance, commissioning and the end of the warranty period. The principal day-to-day interface between the customer and the delivery organisation.

Duties – Project Manager

• Act as the principal customer interface throughout project execution.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams involving systems, hardware, software, mechanical, production, procurement, quality and support functions.
• Understand and manage the lifecycle used to deliver bespoke electrical, electronic, software-controlled and electromechanical systems.
• Establish a shared understanding of the project objectives, scope, priorities, responsibilities and delivery expectations.
• Agree resource requirements and priorities with engineering and operational management.
• Identify capability or capacity gaps and support the appointment and management of suppliers or subcontractors where required
• Establish and maintain the project management plan
• Agree and maintain clear project communication, reporting and governance arrangements.
• Lead customer kick-off meetings, progress reviews, design reviews and other project
• Work effectively with international customers, colleagues and delivery partners
• Coordinate customer acceptance, installation, commissioning and warranty activities through to formal project closure.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen the customer relationship and support potential follow-on business
• Understand the contract, scope, assumptions, exclusions, deliverables, milestones, dependencies and acceptance provisions for each assigned project.
• Ensure that the project team understands the commitments made to the customer and the obligations placed upon the customer.

Experience/Qualifications – Project Manager

• Experience managing complex engineering, technology or equipment delivery projects
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams
• Strong commercial acumen
• Experience managing project scope, schedule, resources, risk, quality and cost

Candidates who are currently a Programme Manager, Project Manager, Project Engineer, Design Manager, Engineering Manager, Senior Engineer, CAD Engineer, Design Engineer, Development Engineer, Principal Design Engineer and Mechanical Engineer could be suitable for this role.