Project Manager

Description

The programme is the future of combat air for the UK, Italy and Japan, and this role sits in the Integrated Communications System IPT on the GCAP First International Contract.

Based in Southampton, you will work across several cross-functional teams to improve performance and efficiency and help shape the GCAP ICS Project Team.

The company is a global Aerospace, Defence and Security group headquartered in Italy, with over 53,000 staff worldwide and 8,500 across 9 UK sites.

Responsibilities

• Track and forecast project labour and non-labour costs, and maintain Earned Value Management.
• Build and update project schedules, milestones and deliverables.
• Chair the weekly Integrated Project Team meetings.
• Help Engineering Leads manage work packages and gather data for internal and external reports.
• Assist the Risk Manager with the Risk and Opportunities Register.
• Lead the Sub-System management documents, or support them where another person leads.
• Create and keep refining future resource growth plans.
• Help with bids for the next phase.
• Support face-to-face meetings across the UK, Italy and Japan.

Requirements

• Project management across all lifecycle phases, including business winning, on several medium-complexity programmes involving engineering and manufacturing.
• Experience delivering technical electronic and/or software products.
• Proven ability to build and maintain customer and supplier relationships.
• Experience of, or awareness of, Commercial, Procurement and Quality Assurance.
• Experience across project planning, scheduling, work package management and cost control.
• Knowledge of Primavera P6 and/or MS Project.
• Experience with SAP-based tools.
• Ability to influence and motivate project teams.
• Willingness to travel within the UK and internationally.
• Security clearance: pre-employment screening to the UK Government Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is required. National Security Vetting (NSV) may also apply, which could include The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Conditions

Pay sits within a grade-based salary framework with broad bands; the advertised range is the approved band for this role, or a narrower hiring range within it, benchmarked against the external market. Pay above the standard range goes through governance controls to protect internal equity.

Permanent contract, based in Southampton, with hybrid working.

Equal opportunities: the company is committed to an inclusive, accessible workplace and will support accessibility needs during recruitment.

Benefits

• Up to 12 additional flexi-days a year on top of generous leave.
• Pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution.
• Free mental health support, financial advice and employee-led networks.
• Bonus scheme for employees at management level and below.
• Free access to over 4,000 online courses through Coursera and LinkedIn Learning.
• Financial reward through the referral programme.
• Up to £500 a year in flexible benefits, including private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech and lifestyle discounts and gym memberships.
• Flexible hours with hybrid options; part-time arrangements can be discussed for this role.
• A full list of company benefits is on the company website.