Senior Technical Project Manager – Aerospace & Defence

Averna Powered by Spherea; Christchurch; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Life assurance & income protection

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Family health care plan

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Averna powered by Spherea in the UK is seeking a technically engaged Project Leader to drive complex engineering programmes from kickoff to warranty closure.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across systems, hardware, software and production, manage scope, schedule and cost, and maintain strong client relationships. Regular UK and international travel is expected, with a clear focus on delivering on time and to contract.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex engineering or equipment-delivery projects.
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder-management skills.
• Able to work credibly with engineers on test or automation projects.
• Understanding of systems engineering lifecycle (requirements to acceptance).
• Experience managing scope, schedule, cost and risk.
• Confident decision-maker with clear written and verbal communication.
• Excellent organisation and attention to detail.
• Willingness to travel in the UK and internationally with a UK driving licence.
• Experience in regulated sectors (aerospace, defence) and lifecycle reviews.
• Project-management qualification or Armed Forces experience welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Manage customer and stakeholder relationships and governance.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across systems, hardware, software, and production.
• Maintain project management plan, schedule, risk register and milestones.
• Control delivery against baseline, forecast revenue and margin.
• Manage lifecycle gates from requirements to site acceptance.
• Ensure scope, changes and contract provisions are controlled.
• Coordinate intercompany and international delivery and cost tracking.
• Support bid qualification and executable proposals.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Technical understanding of test system

Lifecycle reviews

Contract management

Team coordination

Risk management

Job description

Averna powered by Spherea in the UK is seeking a technically engaged Project Leader to drive complex engineering programmes from kickoff to warranty closure.

You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams across systems, hardware, software and production, manage scope, schedule and cost, and maintain strong client relationships. Regular UK and international travel is expected, with a clear focus on delivering on time and to contract.