Project Manager

Project Manager

321 - 596 per day

Morson are currently recruiting for a project management opportunity for Thales in Crawley. We’re looking for a delivery focused project manager, to support avionics upgrades of in-service military helicopters. This is a critical project so we’re recruiting for an 18-month contract to support the development of new upgrades.

As a delivery PM you would be working across multiple teams in a matrix organisation, focusing on managing resources to enhance successful delivery of upgrades. Experience of working in the Defence or Aerospace industry is essential, ideally in a delivery focused role feeding into the MoD. The role is offering hybrid working, with 3 days a week on site in Crawley.

Responsibilities

• Management of cross functional teams in a matrix organisation with the support of an assistant project manager.
• Managing internal and external stakeholders, in particular customer and supplier relationships.
• Forecast costs and budgeting requirements.
• Internal and external reporting activities including schedule, metrics, tracker and performance.
• Defining Project Execution Strategies and leading the creation of Project Baselines and structures as ‘PM designate’ through the bid phase of the lifecycle.
• Ensuring that appropriate KPIs are established and controlled for Project outcomes.
• Ensuring robust Project Controls are deployed and effective.
• Liaison with contributing functions to drive quality, cost & delivery performance.

Requirements

• Experience of managing delivery projects within Defence and Aerospace.
• A proven track record of delivering successful projects in a context relevant to Thales.
• Experience of leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Able to manage customer and supplier relationships, ideally within the Aerospace and Defence industry.
• Leading the process of structuring and planning complex projects and the tailored deployment of best practice project controls
• Directing project activities with reference to the baseline and critical path, with a focus on proactive risk and opportunity management and controlling variance to time/cost/quality
• Experience of Project financial and contractual management

Desirable

• Capture and/or Bid Management experience
• Experience of leading a range of different project types – Design & Manufacture, Service & Support, Transformation etc
• IPMA and/or other relevant professional Project Management qualifications appropriate to grade
• MBA

Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance