Project Manager

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ASSISTANT PROJECT MANAGER Location: BristolRate: £35.00/hrDuration: 6 months Role description / task:Do you have experience of planning and delivering complex design and build work packages for mechanical and electrical systems within the naval / defence industry, aerospace or an alternative environment of equivalent complexity and integrity? We need someone with sound project delivery experience and preferably in a not too dissimilar environment. The Weapon Launch Products and Mechanical Controls Team (WLP&MC) provides design, manufacture, and in-service support for hydraulic systems across the Weapon Handling and Launch System.The team also manufactures key products for all DST projects. The product work also includes design, assembly, and test support.The WLP&MC Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for managing the design engineering tasks within the team. The role will be responsible for maintaining budget, resourcing plans, managing risk and prioritising work to meet the cross-project business commitments and business priorities. Expected responsibilities includeCost control - Securing and agreeing budgets with other project areas, controlling budgets through proactive management and feedback to team.Project reporting including ETC Forecast reporting to project teams on current work packages. Ensuring reports are accurate, timely and presented in a professional and appropriate format.Tracking actual spend against expected value earnt across all projects and tasksSupport Team Manager in stand-ups with team members on work in the week ahead.Change control - ability to identify changes to scope, cost and schedule baselines and liaise with internal customers to approve in line with change control processes.Priority management and ability to negotiate priorities with stakeholders.Schedule management - through the use of MS Project and Excel based reporting toolsResource capacity planning - through effective management of current work packages and stakeholder engagement to identify future packages of work.Stakeholder management of and communication to the internal customers within the business.Future growth of the team into other business sectors, supporting business winning activities including proposal development and supporting documentation. Required Experience /Qualification /Attributes:Essential:Good Knowledge of Project Management toolsExcellent communication and organisational skillsPlanning experience (Microsoft Project 2013 ideally)Sound relationship and teamwork skillsStakeholder engagementCommercial awarenessStrong initiative Desirable:APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ)Experience working within IFSBaseline clearance required and will be submitted at interview stage. For further information and to discuss further, please contact Stephen Slade on 0161 924 3959