Morson are recruiting a Project Management Officer to work full time on site with our leading Broughton based aerospace client. Once up to speed a day a week working from home might be possible.
The successful candidate will be a Project Management Officer or Project Coordinator and will be motivated and passionate to maximise and drive best practice Project Management governance, methods and tools across manufacturing engineering.
As a Project Management Officer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of projects across the organisation. The ideal candidate is a detail oriented individual with a strong understanding of project management principles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Main activities will include but not be limited to the following:
Ensuring projects are supported with a strong Project Management Expertise and that appropriate Project & Programme Management structure, governance and practices are
applied.
Working with the manufacturing project leaders & project organisation on a day-to-day basis.
Raising the understanding and acceptance of best practice project management within the ME teams by coaching and providing awareness sessions, challenging project leaders where
needed.
Shaping methods and tools in accordance with PM standards to the needs of the project/activity.
Supporting efficient communication and stakeholder management, ensuring that activities are aligned with interfacing projects and operations.
Promoting Agile WoW and acting as Scrum Master for project activities where needed.
Establishing E2E project plans and controlling all changes versus the initial baseline.
Identifying associated Earned Value Management (EVM) milestones and project critical paths.
Tracking performance versus plan throughout the project lifecycle. Analysing project
information to anticipate deviations from target and proposing preventive / corrective actions to support project level decision making. Providing clear and regular reporting
throughout all project phases.
Driving the Risk & Opportunity Management process in line with the existing R&OM plan.
Owning the associated R&O register and regularly providing the Project Leader
Jointly working with Finance to compare cost incurred and time spent for progress achieved against current planning.
Preparing and publishing of reports as required. Defining and delivering relevant KPls & dashboards for effective performance management. Contributing to all team reviews as
required. Preparing and supporting project management reviews (PRM, Operational meetings etc.).
This role may involve occasional travel for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.
