Project Manager

Airbus

Oxford

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 95,000

Full time

43 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Pension plan with company contribution

Bonus scheme

Bikes to Work

Employee purchase schemes

Job summary

Airbus Helicopters UK Ltd in Oxford is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex helicopter retrofit projects, ensuring on-time, on-cost, and on-quality delivery. You will manage multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholder relationships, align with AHUK PMO procedures, and drive improvements in project controls and governance.

Required are proven aerospace project delivery, current SC clearance, and a background in aerospace engineering.

Qualifications

Proven track record delivering engineering/aerospace projects.
Current SC clearance is a must have.
Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams on complex projects.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of multi-million-pound retrofit projects.
Manage risks, costs, schedule and stakeholder expectations.
Develop and improve AHUK PMO processes and tools.
Ensure compliance with EASA/CAA/MAA and export regulations.

Skills

Engineering / Aerospace

Leadership

Risk & opportunity management

Education

APMP / Prince2 Practitioner

Aerospace / aviation background

UK driving licence

Tools

Primavera P6

SAP

Job description

Project Manager – Oxford, Permanent

About our team: Airbus Helicopters is the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer and the company’s site at Oxford Airport is Britain’s civil helicopter hub. AHUK offers considerable experience in helicopter sales, bespoke completions, maintenance and spares support. Its in‑house engineering capabilities include design, customisation, installation, flight‑testing and certification, as well as technical support, maintenance, training and the supply of spares for civil and military applications. AHUK is the MoD’s chosen provider of helicopters and maintenance for its No.1 Helicopter Flying School (MFTS) located in RAF Shawbury (Shropshire) and RAF Valley (Anglesey).

Description/Overall purpose of the Job: The Customisation and Development team is responsible for the on‑time, on‑cost, on‑quality delivery of helicopter retrofit projects to the UK MOD, National Police Services, Air Ambulance and VIP customers. The careful management of project tasks is essential to ensuring we meet the expectations of both the business and our customers.

Project Manager role

The Project Manager role is therefore essential to ensuring the successful delivery of complex, multi‑million‑pound projects in a dynamic and challenging environment. As a Project Manager for the Customisation and Development team you will be responsible for the delivery of AHUK contracts throughout the project life‑cycle in accordance with AHUK procedures, tools and methodologies. You will also play an important role in developing those procedures for the future. Project Managers report to the AHUK PMO Manager and will be supported by the wider PMO team.

Main responsibilities

Responsible for the successful OTOCOQ delivery of multiple projects at any one time and achieving the project objectives to the satisfaction of both AHUK and the customer.
Successful management of project risks and opportunities to the benefit of the customisation team.
Provide strong leadership, professional project management experience and excellent stakeholder management across multiple workstream contributing to project success.
Behave as a role model while robustly implementing and developing AHUK PMO processes, methodologies and tools.
Ensuring adherence to Customisation KPI’s for schedule and cost control (SPI &CPI), risk management and lessons learnt.

Knowledge and skills required

Essential: A proven track record of delivering successful engineering / aerospace projects; Leading and managing multi‑disciplinary teams; Leading the process of structuring, planning and delivering complex projects and the tailored deployment of best practice project controls; Directing project activities aligning with the baseline and critical path, with a focus on proactive risk and opportunity management and controlling variance to time/cost/quality; Project financial and contractual management; Representing projects through established governance, giving an evidence‑based account of progress and distilling key risks/opportunities/support needed for Senior Management; Current SC clearance is a must have; Understanding of EASA, UK CAA and UK MAA regulations.
Desirable: Background within an aviation engineering environment; Experience with Primavera P6; Experience with SAP; Experience with customer facing roles; Experience in a Pt21 environment; Capture and/or Bid Management experience.

Education, qualifications or training

Essential: Formal project management training at practitioner level – APMP, Prince 2 etc.; Background in aerospace / aviation; UK driving licence.
Desirable: Formal aviation engineering background.

About you

Excellent communication and presentation skills are needed.
Strong leadership and team building ability.
Well‑developed interpersonal skills, and an excellent communicator at all levels.
Drive to deliver.
Ability to dissect large problems into achievable goals.
Flexible to working requirements and the ability to rapidly adapt to changing situations.
Flexibility to react positively to customer requirements.

Additional requirements

Due to the nature of this position you will require DBS Security Clearance and be eligible for SC clearance.
Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.
Applicants must be willing to travel as part of the role.
The role is based on site at Oxford airport, Killington. Remote working is not available for this role.

Reward

In joining the Airbus family, you will play a critical part in delivering the most efficient helicopters for its customers, who serve, protect, save lives and carry passengers in demanding environments. On top of your competitive base salary, you will have access to the following benefits via our Airbus salary sacrifice schemes:

Benefits

Private Medical Insurance (Bupa) – single cover for employees paid by the company.
Pension: Employees are auto‑enrolled into the Airbus Group UK Retirement Fund. Initially, AH contributes 6%, employee 4% basic Share Incentive Plan and ESOP. Annual share schemes at company discretion.
Success Share, Discretionary Group bonus scheme (conditions apply).
Bikes to Work (up to £3,000) (employee purchase scheme).
Technology (employee purchase scheme).
Mydrive (employee car purchase scheme).
Den‑Plan (employee purchase scheme).
Health‑care Cash Scheme.
Personal Accident Insurance (employee purchase scheme).
Health Assessments.
Travel Insurance.
Financial/Legal Advice (eg, Will‑writing; Lasting Power of Attorney).
Data protection: This information will only be used by Airbus.

Equal opportunities

Airbus is committed to achieving workforce diversity and creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome all applications irrespective of social and cultural background, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.