Senior Project Delivery Professional

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Project Delivery Professional

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

Salary: £54,793 + depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Lead development of Jira based task management
• Management of schedule, delivery dependencies, artefact and deliverable tracking
• Issue management / support to schedule and risk management
• Develop and maintain the Centre of Expertise performance reporting
• Manage the delivery of the CoE Investment cases
• Liaise with Engineering Function project delivery leads to ensure CoE support
• People manager responsibilities maximising the use of Engineering Assistants

Your skills and experiences:

• Project Management Qualification e.g. APM, PMP, Prince 2 or equivalent experience
• Demonstrable experience working as a Project Manager in a complex organisation
• Proven ability to confidently influence a range of stakeholders including engineers
• Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Predict, Archer systems is highly desirable

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 Centre of Expertise team:

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a diverse department covering all phases of the lifecycle supporting all Products (Goods and Services) engaging with all Lines of Business within the Air Sector. The CoE covers existing projects such as Hawk, Typhoon, Tornado along with Future Programmes such as FalconWorks and FCAS/GCAP and provides expertise to Corporate, other BAE Systems Business Units and Industry/Customer working groups in specialist areas.

The team is focused on building up SQEP across all areas and actively supports training and internal/external working group interactions to enhance personal development. This role can offer growth and development as well as the opportunity for line management responsibility. The role would be suitable for somebody looking for a challenge and who is adaptable to multiple working environments

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: 17th May 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.

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