Senior Project Manager- Engineering and Asset Management

Serco Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international service provider is seeking a Senior Project Manager for their Engineering and Asset Management team. This role involves managing complex projects and requires travel across the UK. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills, project management experience, and a degree. This position offers competitive salary, company car, and various employee benefits including a contributory pension and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Company car

Company bonus

Private Medical cover

Competitive salary with annual reviews

Contributory pension scheme

25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays

Wide range of learning opportunities

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts across retailers

Charity support opportunities

Qualifications

• Able to achieve BPSS clearance.
• Flexible to travel to Serco contracts within the UK.
• Experience managing multiple demands in high-pressure environments.
• Ability to drive clarity from ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex projects through effective stakeholder management.
• Identify and scope complex project requirements and manage project plans.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Support risk management for projects.

Skills

Leadership skills

Project Management Certification

Advanced MS Office Skills

Financial management skills

Excellent communication skills

Risk management

Education

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Project Online

Teams

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Senior Project Manager - Engineering and Asset Management

Up to £70,000 per annum dependent upon experience

Full time, Permanent Monday - Friday Home based with regular travel across UK.

Overview

Serco are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our Engineering and Asset Management (EAM) Transformation and Programmes team tasked with the transformation of the EAM Business. This role will specifically operate to service the newly consolidated Aviation, Space and Technology Portfolio within UK&E’s Defence Business Unit; this team will be headed up by the Director of Transformation and Programmes. The role will be required to work on multiple large / complex Projects & Programmes at any one time, the purposes of which are to drive Innovation and Growth, Organisational Realignment as well as Efficient and Effective delivery of the services the contract portfolio delivers for its internal and external customers.

Role Description

Due to the dynamic, fast paced, and ever evolving nature of the contemporary business environment, the requirement to adapt and overcome is ever-present. Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity (VUCA) necessitates a greater awareness, and readiness for the unexpected. Similarly, VUCA is a key feature of all temporary programme environments, and the purpose of this role is to lead the business through these challenging environments in a coherent and disciplined way by ensuring the definition and management of complex interdependencies and risks, prioritisation of finite resources, comprehensive gap analysis, timely decision making, and sustained focus on outcomes and benefits delivered by the programme.

Responsibilities

• Lead the successful delivery of complex or large projects/programmes through effective stakeholder management, including successful management of the people change aspects of a project
• Deliver new business transitions in line with the bid solution, on time, to budget and to the highest quality
• Identify and scope complex project/ programme requirements and develop and manage project plans to ensure successful delivery
• Develop methodologies to monitor and track progress, and benefits against work stream objectives and the overall programme / project deliverables
• Provide appropriate reporting and tracking of issues to the relevant SRO (sponsor)/ Director of Transformation and Programmes and ensure effective implementation of any resulting action plans across the Division, publishing lessons learned and promoting the sharing of best practices
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Support the management of risk for the projects in alignment with the Divisional Risk approach
• Coaching and supporting more junior members of the special programmes team to help build experience and capability in project & programme management

Qualifications

• Able to achieve BPSS clearance
• Flexible to travel to Serco contracts within the UK
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
• Previous Project / Programme Management certification and experience (e.g. APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) MSP, Prince etc.)
• Advanced MS Office Skills, including Project Online, Teams, SharePoint, Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint
• Demonstrable leadership and management skills
• Demonstrable financial and commercial management skills
• Excellent written, verbal and presentational communication skills
• Experience of involvement in planning and executing de/mobilisation and transitions following new business award / contract exit
• Experience of exceptional collaboration, influencing, communication and engagement of a wide range of internal stakeholders including senior executive leaders, as well as external stakeholders
• Experience of working in a high-pressure environment and managing multiple demands at onceExcellent interpersonal skills. Working within a matrix organisation, you will be able to forge good working relationships quickly and collaborate as part of a varied team
• Ability to drive clarity from ambiguity

What We Offer

• Company car
• Company bonus
• Private Medical cover
• Salary: Competitive salaries with annual reviews
• Pension: Up to 6% contributory pension scheme
• Holidays: 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Training and development: We offer a wide range of learning opportunities with over 1,100 internal courses available, funding for qualifications and apprenticeships, mentoring opportunities, and a focus on internal progression
• Wellbeing: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, BUPA Anytime HealthLine, wellbeing app, Simplyhealth cash plans to claim back money towards healthcare costs, 30% off at Serco-managed leisure centres
• Discounts: Save across around 1,000 retailers, from food and clothing to days out, entertainment and travel
• Employee networks: Dedicated networks where colleagues can come together to find support, share challenges, discuss ideas, network and be part of a community
• Charity: Support a charity or organisation with a paid volunteering day each year. You can also choose to donate to your favourite charity tax‑free, through our Payroll Giving Scheme