Job description
As a Project Manager you’ll be an integral part of our delivery team representing our business as the face of North. You’ll need to ensure work is carried out on time, in budget, safely and to the high-quality standards. You’ll be working part of a team but managing both your daily work plans and that of our sub-contractor engineering to ensure best practice. You will need to be comfortable in delivering projects to budgets, attending internal and external weekly meetings with all stakeholders and produce reports and updates accordingly.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Project Planning
- Developing a comprehensive project plan that outlines the project's objectives, scope, deliverables, timelines, and resource requirements
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project goals
- Create a roadmap for successful project execution
- Assemble and lead project teams, including assigning roles and responsibilities to team members
- Provide guidance, motivation, and support to the team, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and coordination throughout the project lifecycle.
- Define and manage the project's scope, ensuring that project deliverables are clearly defined and aligned with stakeholder expectations
- Identify potential scope changes and evaluate their impact on the project, making informed decisions regarding scope adjustments and change requests.
- Project managers identify and assess project risks, both internal and external,
- Develop risk mitigation strategies to minimize their impact on the project's success
- Monitor and control risks throughout the project, implementing contingency plans as needed.
- Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, maintaining regular communication to provide updates on project progress, address concerns, and manage expectations
- Facilitate effective communication within the project team and across various stakeholders.
- Ensure that the project meets the required quality standards by establishing quality control processes
- Conduct regular quality checks, and implementing corrective actions when deviations are identified
- Strive to deliver high-quality outcomes that satisfy project requirements.
- Develop project schedules, defining key milestones, tasks, and dependencies
- Monitor project progress, track timelines, and make adjustments to ensure that the project is completed within the agreed-upon timeframes.
- Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, meeting minutes, and other relevant records
- Generate regular project reports, highlighting progress, issues, and key metrics to keep stakeholders informed
- Develop and manage the project budget, including estimating costs, tracking expenses, and ensuring that the project remains within the allocated budget
- Monitor costs, identify cost variances, and take corrective actions when necessary
- Complete monthly forecasts and reviews
We’re looking for someone with a proven industry track record of project management with the defence sectors- Good Understanding of Defence specifications (JSP's)
- You need high energy and enthusiasm for your profession with a strong emphasis on quality
- A driving license and have a willingness to travel across the UK or overseas on occasion but working predominantly within a 90-mile radius of your home location
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience of Project Management
- We’re looking for someone that will fit into our company culture and contribute to the positive and aspirational environment we’re so proud of. It’s vital therefore that you have a positive can-do attitude and a strong customer centric attitude to delivering work.
- Minimum SC level security clearance required
- You are comfortable with computers utilising programmes such as Microsoft, Outlook and MS project databases and working with network hardware and wireless toolkits.
As you’ll be in a highly visible role, professionalism and excellent verbal and written communication skills are a must, and it goes without saying, being highly organised, punctual and at ease working autonomously in a fast-paced and exciting environment.
North rewards employees with a competitive market salary and an excellent benefits package and offers fantastic opportunities for progression throughout the company. Further details of package on offer will be discussed at application stage. North is an equals opportunity employer; we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.