project manager Bristol, England
Job description
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Job Code: IMS20232007-103688
Job Location: Bristol
We can offer you flexible working practices and a hybrid working pattern, with time in our offices and your home, to enable a good work-life balance
Important to know:
Due to the nature of this role you will need to be a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
About this opportunity and L3Harris UK
From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.
L3Harris in Bristol/Burgess Hill/Barrow provides enduring, robust and cutting-edge Platform Management Systems (PMS) for both the UK Royal Navy sub-surface and surface fleets, notably current Astute submarine and Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers, in-build Type 26 and Type 31 frigates - this skill set also extends into cruise liners and super-yachts in the commercial marine market.
About the role:
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior Project Manager, reporting into the Programme Manager or Business Lead to lead around 25 multi-disciplined engineers through the tail end of design and throughout the manufacture lifecycle for Surface Ship Instrumentation, r Stops Systems, Atmospheric Monitoring Systems across 8 Ships. The role includes line management responsibility of at least one Project Manager and management of key internal and customer stakeholders. As the Senior Project Manager you will be responsible for managing complex project(s), involving delegation of work and review of work products. You will take full responsibility for project (contract) delivery, with a strong emphasis on subcontract management throughout the requirements, design and manufacture phase. As the Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining project risk & opportunity registers(s), arranging regular reviews and communicating in monthly reporting cycle. You will support development of project management capability to support business & company growth (including managing own personal development)
A few of our employee benefits are:
- Flexible, condensed or reduced working hours considered and hybrid working where possible
- 12pm finish every Friday
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supporting the Bid Team initially with Estimating Management labour hours; developing project delivery structure and plans; then mobilising the new project ahead of contract award and transitioning to management of the project post contract award
- Establish & maintain team organisation, resourcing and communications plans
- Creation and maintenance of project schedules and tracking metrics to expedite tasks to achieve on time deliveries to budget.
- Use appropriate planning techniques to help identify project resource requirements and manage availability with functional managers
- Work with Supply Chain and Commercial teams to ensure contract baselines, plans and schedules are maintained in line with agreed contract changes
- Develop & maintain monitoring & control of project deliverables
- Efficiently deliver clearly focused customer & company project financial and schedule performance reporting
- Line managing and developing Junior and Standard Project Managers
Essential Skills:
- Creating & maintaining resourced Project schedules (using Microsoft Project) and associated WBS/OBS/RAM
- Management of risks and opportunities, through generation, maintenance and execution of risk and opportunity management plans
- Accurate schedule and finance monitoring and reporting, including detailed financial spreadsheet reporting to reconcile planned with actual expenditure, monthly review of EAC, VAC, ETC, GM, labour and materials expenditure etc.
- Good understanding and awareness of the engineering lifecycle to enable focused planning and development of corrective actions(s)
As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.
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