GCAP -Construct Management Specialist

Leonardo S.p.A.; Torino; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Work-life balance

Wellness programs

Job summary

Leonardo S.p.A. in Torino seeks an Expert Construct Manager to lead the delivery of construct work across a major programme, ensuring baselines for time, cost and quality are met. You will drive cross-functional collaboration and develop integrated schedules while navigating international coordination, with hybrid working options.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or higher and extensive programme leadership experience, plus strong budgeting and forecasting capabilities for financial control.

Qualifications

• Essential Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Desirable: degree in a relevant subject; professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM.

Responsibilities

• Support to deliver construct work, ensuring integration across the programme.
• Assist to develop strategic plans for the construct work related projects.
• Support to provide construct work integrated schedule for allocated scope to support the development of a programme schedule at IAS/IMS level.
• Report construct work progress and deviation to ensure consistency with the programme baseline and support informed decision-making within allocated scope and alignment with strategic objectives, scope, schedule, and cost.
• For construct work baseline changes (WP scope, cost, schedule), support to identify and propose recovery / mitigative / corrective actions.

Skills

Large-scale project leadership

Programme management

Strategic planning

Budget control/forecasting

Negotiation & conflicts resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Bachelor’s or higher degree in relevant subject

Job description

Leonardo is one of the strategic industrial partners - together with British BAE Systems and Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), aimed at the development and production of a next-generation air system, defined as a ‘system of systems’. Used for multi-domain defence operations, the system is characterised by a ‘core platform’ connected with other piloted and uncrewed peripheral adjunct systems. The programme, one of the most challenging and futuristic in the Aerospace and Defence industry, will lead the technological revolution that will shape the sector over the next fifty years. It is aimed at strengthening the technological and industrial sovereignty of the involved countries, because it focuses on identifying and making available innovative enabling technologies that will ensure the generational leap, producing positive returns, as well as economic and social progress for the partners’ countries, benefitting the new generations. The people who will work on this programme will have the opportunity to embark on a professional growth path in an international and technologically advanced environment.

Job Purpose

Support Construct Manager to perform the delivery of construct work defining the baseline scope and managing change, ensuring the integration across the programme. Provide direct reports in construct work delivery-focused roles, driving the programme to meet its strategic and project delivery goals to time, cost and quality. This role will involve liaison with other business functions to safeguard the construct work delivery

Key Accountabilities and Objectives

Support to perform the delivery of construct work, ensuring integration across the programme. Assist to develop strategic plans for the construct work related projects. Support to provide construct work integrated schedule for allocated scope to support the development of a programme schedule at IAS/IMS level Report construct work progress and deviation to ensure consistency with the programme baseline and support informed decision-making within allocated scope and alignment with strategic objectives, scope, schedule, and cost. For construct work baseline changes (WP scope, cost, schedule), support to identify and propose recovery / mitigative / corrective actions.

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.

Desirable Qualifications: Bachelor’s or higher degree in relevant subject Professional certifications; example: PMP (Project Management Professional), PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM (Association for Project Management).

Skills and Experience

Experience in leading large-scale projects/programmes/teams collaborating with different functions

Experience in complex programmes -Programme experience in delivering projects/programmes

Experience in developing and executing multi-years strategic plans -Financial acumen understanding cost and budget control/forecasting 1-5 years of proven experience in the role Negotiation/influencing skills and conflicts resolution the role need to be physically in UK but if not possible remotely is acceptable

At the time the role is required, does the role need to be physically in UK or can the role be worked remotely? Physically, but if not possible remotely is acceptable

How does the recruitment process work? We will collect applications and evaluate the CVs most closely aligned with the requirements. Selected candidates will undergo a motivational and aptitudinal interview with the HR team, followed by an in-depth technical interview with the Business.

What are we offer

• Opportunities for training and continuous updating of professional skills and soft skills;
• Work-Life Balance: We promote the right balance between private and professional life based on hybrid and flexible working formulas;
• Wellness: we put the economic, physical, social and psychological well-being of our people first, offering multiple solutions close to their needs.

Seniority: Expert

Primary Location: IT - Torino - C.so Francia

Contract Type: Permanent

Total Base Pay Range: 35.110,40 € - 43.690,92 €

Hybrid Working: Hybrid International, multicultural, innovative, technological: this is Leonardo. The company’s passionate and talented team is strongly influenced by STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) expertise, with a diverse range of experience that enables colleagues to share knowledge and know-how across the generations. Leonardo always wants to expand its talent pool, here you can find the right opportunity for you!