Lead Project Professional – Delivery

Job Description

Job title: Lead Project Professional – DDC Transition

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, we offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: From £43,373 depending on experience

What you'll be doing:

• Leading projects / work packages in support of the Programme
• Providing focus and drive to projects / work packages to ensure delivery in line with the Programme Plan
• Coordinating multiple projects ensuring dependencies are managed and aligned to the wider plan
• Supporting management and integration of Programme solutions / projects
• Supporting the strategies set by the work stream leads
• Leading engagement sessions which promote the Programme vision and describe how change is beneficial to stakeholders
• Proactively engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure integration across the facility and the business

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Demonstrable knowledge of operating within Programmes and Projects
• Strong stakeholder management experience, with the ability to build strong interpersonal relationships
• Project Management experience – including reporting, scheduling and dependency management

Desirable:

• Knowledge of business change theories or previous experience of operating in change / transformation programme
• Project Management Qualification e.g., APMQ, Prince2, etc

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 DDC Transition team:

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to be involved in a key transformation project to help define and deliver the future for the Devonshire Dock Complex (DDC) – a key element of the manufacturing capability at our Barrow in Furness site. The DDC Transition Programme is a change programme which is charged with transforming the DDC to create a vibrant, sate-of-the-art production facility, built for safety, flow, efficiency and the community. By undertaking this change programme, focusing on People & Climate, Infrastructure and Ways of Working we will enable our current and future generations to prosper and do the best work of their lives.

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: 2nd 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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