Project Officer Yeovil, England
Leonardo
Full Time
Yeovil, England
36596 - 41328 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Closing Date:
This vacancy may close at any time, if this role is of interest to you we recommend you apply as soon as possible.
The Opportunity
At Leonardo, we are recruiting Project Officers. Leonardo is a global high-tech company and one of the key players in Aerospace, Defence and Security. Headquartered in Italy, Leonardo has over 45,000 employees, of which 7,000 are based in the UK.
Our Project Officer roles are within the Helicopters division of the company situated in the country town of Yeovil, Somerset. Leonardo Helicopters is a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of helicopters. We have a great heritage and pride ourselves both on our reputation for excellence and for providing opportunities for our people.
Reporting to the Programme Manager and, as a key role within an Integrated Project team, you understand the importance of building a network and maintaining strong relationships in the overall success of the business and in achieving key milestones and deliverables.
You are adaptable and flexible with how you work. Welcoming and introducing new approaches as you appreciate that what works today may not be what’s best for tomorrow.
If you want to join our mission to be the international aerospace, defence and security company that best enables its customers’ success by thinking creatively and working with passion we want to hear from you.
What you will do
The project officer has appropriate and complementary professional, technical or specialist skills to the Programme / Project Manager.- Under the direction of the programme or project manager the project officer is responsible for carrying out the work detailed in the programme or project plan.
- Effective co-ordination of the project tasks and their inter dependencies into the overall Programme or Project, including resolution or mitigation of any risks and issues arising during the project. Supported by the Programme Management office.
- Demonstrate good communication with wider programme or project team
- Ensuring all activities are carried out in accordance with LH policies, and processes.
- Assisting the programme or project manager to deliver programme or project objectives.
- Carrying out the elements (within their technical expertise) of the programme or project they are tasked with.
- Manage Authorisations in line with level of accountability.
- Manage Profitability and Liquidated damages in line with level of accountability.
- Providing administrative support to the programme or project manager, governed by the PMO.
- Identify, capture and administer the risk register, advising the programme or project manager as risks arise that are likely to affect delivery of programme or project objectives and to be part of the risk reduction process, in accordance with LH policy and processes.
- Providing information for programme or project documentation.
- Producing programme or project products as planned to the required level of quality and to timescales.
- Interfacing between the project and functional business areas (IPTs as applicable) in line with level of accountability to achieve the overall Project deliverables.
- Manage Customer and vendor engagement in line with level of accountability.
What we are looking for
Provide technical expertise in support of delivery objectives.- Understand the overall business aim of the programme or project and how their expertise contributes to that aim.
- Understand and apply recommended programme and project management standards such as Project Management and Risk Management.
- Maintain the programme or project documentation in line with the quality and configuration plans.
- Build and sustain effective communications with other roles involved in the project.
- The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems.
- Ability to support construction of schedules within Microsoft Project and understand the use of Earned Value Management.
Life at Leonardo
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Our UK locations
We have offices around the UK, including Basildon, Bristol, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Luton, Southampton and Yeovil
Committed to Inclusion
We are committed to creating a working environment that is designed to provide everyone with the opportunity to succeed.
Leonardo
https://uk.leonardo.com/
London, United Kingdom
Alessandro Profumo
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
Aerospace & Defence
1948
