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Senior Project Manager

  • Location: Horsham
  • Salary: competitive per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted over 1 year ago

  • Sector: Defence & Aerospace
  • Contact: Emma Bainbridge
  • Contact Email: e.bainbridge@jamrecruitment.co.uk
  • Start Date: asap
  • Expiry Date: 08 September 2022
  • Job Ref: BBBH78987_1659014977

Senior Project Manager required for market leading electro-optics specialist based in Horsham. My client is a leading design and manufacturing business, supporting solutions within the Naval, Land and Security sectors with cutting-edge technology.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for managing the execution of assigned projects, the overall engineering development efforts, contract deliverables and contract milestones and cash-flow in regard to cost, time, quality, technical performance and to manage critical communications and decisions with key stakeholders inside and outside the business.

You will be responsible for:

  • Ensuring new projects assigned are launched with due diligence
  • Identifying and managing communications all stakeholders
  • Deriving, producing, and managing key PM artefacts for successful management of projects including: Master Schedule, Project Management Plan, SoW/Contract Compliance Matrix, Work Breakdown Structure, Product Breakdown Structure, Product Description Documents, Responsibility Assignment Matrices, ensuring such documents remain up to date and relevant to the project's execution throughout.
  • Liaising with project team engineering leads and department heads
  • Set up and manage centralised residual action logs to ensure actions from stakeholders and team members are collected and managed through to closure by the project team.
  • Manage the awareness and execution of the project schedule

You will have:

  • A proven background with project management
  • A working knowledge of all engineering / development processes
  • Background within Defence engineering (desirable)
  • Background within electronics (desirable)

The package:

  • You'll receive a very competitive salary (please get in touch for details on this) and other benefits including pension, life assurance and 25 days' (plus bank holidays). In addition there are other non-tangible benefits including a commitment to training, development and career development.

How to apply:

  • This is an excellent opportunity to join a market leader so if you're interested in learning more please send your CV by clicking the 'Apply Now' button

*** Please note this role requires UK defence security clearance to SC level as a minimum, you must be SC clearable to apply for this role ***

JAM Recruitment is acting as an employment agency with regards to this position.

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