Senior Project Delivery Professional

Job title: Senior Project Delivery Professional

Location: Preston - 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:

• Managing budget and delivery performance in line with schedule achievement, controlling commitment and spend in line with the planned period of performance working closely with the FCAS Project Control team
• Preparing reporting information having collected and interpreted the data and provided supporting commentary for a range of reviews with various stakeholders
• Liaising with Domain Leads to support planning activities, ensuring dependencies, key milestones and critical path activities are clearly defined within the schedule
• Supporting the risk identification and assessment activities, working closely with all WP3 domain areas. Support the preparation of risk reporting material
• Supporting the activities around the identification, generation, timely review, approval and release of WP3 contractual deliverables. Track actions and ensure plans are in place to deliver on time with the correct approvals

  Your skills and experiences:

  Essential:

  • Proven Project Management experience utilising project management skillset
  • Stakeholder management abilities with experience working across functional areas
  • Commercial and Finance awareness and budget management experience
  • Demonstrates excellent communication skills, as well as analytical and presentation skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft packages such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint

    Desirable:

    • Early phase of lifecycle or business change experience
    • Experience in the use of Confluence, Jira and Microsoft Project
    • Hold relevant certification / PM Qualification or working towards this

      Benefits:

      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 Combat Air PM team:

      As Programme Integration Project Manager, you will work closely with the Programme Integration Lead, Work Package 3 Product Owners, Domain leads, business & support function leads, other FCAS WP's and UK Partner representatives to support the successful delivery of an International Future Combat Air System.

      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, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals.

      We also 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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

      Closing Date: 13th November 2024

      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.