Project Manager - Submarine Maintenance Planning

Project Manager - Submarine Maintenance Planning, Application & Development
Defence Sector
Bristol or Leister or Plymouth - Travel is required between sites
Competitive market related salary

Introduction

We are assisting our client a large defence company who is looking for an experienced Project Manager to assist in the Maintenance Planning, Application & Development with regards to Submarine Support Engineering (SSE) Programme Management (PM) team. As the Project Manager you will utilise your Project Management experience to deliver the phased development of a submarine maintenance planning application that is being developed in-house Digital Solutions Team.


Roles & Responsibilities
As the Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Planning of the Project Schedule with DS SMEs and internal and Customer Stakeholders.
• Management and delivery of the TLBP Work Packages to time, quality and budget.
• Work with delivery teams and stakeholders to ensure timely design, delivery, test and release of the application.
• Progress reporting to the Project Board.
• Ongoing maintenance of the Project Schedule.
• Maintain the Project Logs.
• Work with key internal and external stakeholders to manage dependencies.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks and manage issues that threaten the project.
• Resource management in collaboration with internal suppliers.
• Monitor and report on resource usage and cost to complete.
• Operate as a full member of the team; supporting the TLBP Team Manager and other team members as directed.

Skills & Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

• Experience of working with the Ministry of Defence is desirable.
• Experience of Software Development Project Management would be an advantage.
• Hold (or be able to obtain) a current SC clearance and be a sole UK National.
• APMP or PRINCE2 Practitioner Qualification is desirable.

Skills and Competencies:

• Competent in the use of Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project Web App.
• Competent in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Project and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Familiar with Microsoft SharePoint.
• An excellent communicator at all levels, both written and verbal. The individual will build and sustain effective and lasting relationships with the Customer, Stakeholders and our teams located in Bristol, Devonport and Clyde.
• An effective problem solver - being able to balance theoretical assessments with pragmatic solutions.
• Be a self-starter who is able to get up to speed quickly with little direction and manage their own work.
• Maintains a culture of open disclosure of issues and opportunities and therefore enable learning from experience identification and sharing.
• Be a proactive, enthusiastic and forward-thinking individual.

Salary & Package
What's on offer for this exciting role:

• A competitive market related salary
• Enhanced employment terms and conditions
• Money purchase pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Share ownership scheme
• Occupational health services
• Flexible working hours (only non-industrials)
• Career opportunities, advice, and guidance from our Learning & Development teams

How to Apply
If you are interested in this position, please send a CV and Cover Letter to mbrindley@astutetechnical.co.uk or ring 02393910041 and ask to speak to Matthew Brindley who can tell you more.

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