Project Manager – Maritime

Project Manager – Maritime

Havant, Hampshire + predominantly home working

Excellent salary, BUPA, 4 day working week

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our talented team as an Engineering Project Manager.

As part of this vital role, you will be lead a team for the Maritime Programmes Directorate, notably Navigation Radar and Navigation Compass Programme, managing deliverables from internal System and Specialist Engineering Teams, as well as subcontractors and suppliers.

In return, we offer flexible schedules, competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, enabling you to live a healthy, fulfilling life at and outside of work. We offer the option to work full time hours over a 4-day week and the majority of our roles come the opportunity to work remotely and flexibly

Duties Include:

Identify engineering scope and produce estimates to deliver it.
* Gather inputs for resource and schedule planning.
* Liaise with Programme Managers on other programmes and Functional Line Managers in order to negotiate use of staff.
* Ensure that the System and Specialist Engineering team meet all the Maritime schedule, revenue and cash targets.
* Develop a positive and cooperative team culture within both LM and the Suppliers Organisations.
* Ensure programme risks are identified and managed effectively to ensure overall programme cost, schedule, and technical objectives are achieved.
* Act as the primary LM engineering point-of-contact for interfacing with various Maritime Major Subcontractors and Suppliers for their workshare elements.
* Provide strategic and tactical leadership within the System and Specialist engineering teams to ensure successful, integrated support and performance to the Maritime programmes.
* Support the delivery and achievement of Programme Payment and Mission Success Milestones being achieved on schedule.
* Provide accurate and timely reports and communication to keep the Programme Managers informed of performance, as well as possible relationship issues..
* Identify, develop and execute long range plans and solutions for complex issues to meet programme performance commitments.

In order to be successful, you must:
Proven track record in technical team leadership.
* Ability to provide quality support across the range of disciplines and possessing a 'can-do' attitude.
* Have demonstrated the ability to create and manage high performing teams to achieve organisational objectives.
* An established leader with a proven, successful track record of achievement.

And ideally have:

Experience in Maritime domain.
* Experience in multiple Engineering disciplines.
* Understanding of modern Engineering methodologies and processes.
* Engineering background on wide breadth of programmes.
* Experience with Jira.
* Experience interfacing with military customers