Senior Project Professional

BAE Systems; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 47,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

BAE Systems is seeking a Senior Project Professional to oversee complex engineering projects. The role involves managing project timelines, costs, and quality while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders. Candidates should have experience in project management methodologies and a formal qualification is preferred. This position offers hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave allowance

Company contributed Share Incentive Plan

Flexible working

Employee assistance programme

Cycle2work

Employee discounts

Annual incentive eligibility

Qualifications

• Experience in complex engineering projects with time, cost & quality management.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation.
• Working towards a formal project management qualification is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Support activities within Design, Development, Test & Evaluation.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and resolve issues.
• Proactively manage project risks and opportunities.

Skills

Project management methodologies

Communication

Education

Formal project management qualification

Job description

Job Description - Senior Project Professional (00124909)

Senior Project Professional - 00124909

Job title: Senior Project Professional

Location: Warton - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Salary: £47,683 + depending on experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the activities within Design, Development, Test & Evaluation (DDTE) so that they are delivered to agreed time, cost and quality requirements
• Regularly reviewing and reporting on progress against plan and, where necessary, intervening to resolve issues which threaten delivery to plan
• Developing and managing relationships with key stakeholders ensuring all deliverables are achieved and that issues are effectively addressed
• Proactively managing emerging project risks and opportunities
• Identifying and acting on early warning signs
• Coordinating the generation of estimates for new taskings

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience within a similar role working on complex engineering projects including time, cost & quality management
• Experience using project management methodologies
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organisation
• A formal project management qualification or working towards would be beneficial

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Design, Development, Test & Evaluation (DDTE) Project team:

Each Design, Development, Test & Evaluation (DDTE) centre of excellence is a c.500-700 sized engineering organisation, with an annual budget of c£50m, delivering non-recurring projects across multiple platforms including Typhoon, Tornado, Hawk, F35 and future platforms.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments .

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks .

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.