Project Manager

1 month ago

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom GE Aerospace Full time

The Project Manager leads and manages the assigned engineering team and is accountable for delivering the scope associated with the designated projects and, or control accounts (CAs), within the committed cost, schedule and quality. They will provide oversight and leadership to the engineering team to meet customer and business expectations. You will lead teams comprising of different engineering disciplines to deliver the agreed scope initiatives, with exposure to various electronic systems, products and technologies. The role involves a high degree of customer interaction and internal stakeholder management, across the organisational matrix.


Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Leads the project execution of the assigned engineering team to deliver on Control Account (CA) commitments and projects. In doing so, co-ordinates, organises and motivates the cross functional teams to complete work to cost, schedule and budget.
  • Engages with support functions across the matrix where necessary to deliver engineering objectives.
  • In consideration of the scope statement and any other engineering objectives assigned by the Engineering Project Manager (EPM), works with Technical Leaders (TLs) to formulate the Work Breakdown Structure and associated CA work-packages.
  • Engages the TLs and functional organisations to develop robust engineering effort estimates for the CA scope that are underpinned by a well documented basis of estimate (BoE). Organises these estimates against the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and project phase to enable the associated engineering project budget to be secured.
  • Makes commitments on behalf of their team, for delivery of the assigned engineering CA scope against the agreed cost, schedule and quality targets.
  • Engages functional organisations to secure the resources and skillsets necessary to deliver the assigned CA scope. Works with functional leaders in identifying and resolving any performance issues with the assigned team.
  • Works with their team to identify and manage engineering risk. Quantifies and documents engineering risk through the risk register. Drives pro-active risk mitigation activities within the team to minimise project impacts.
  • Manages the planning and operational performance of the team throughout the project lifecycle. Works with the TLs to ensure project team tasking is in place that aligns to the project priorities, and makes optimal use of the team resources. Pro-actively work with other Project Managers to co-ordinate planning assumptions across the portfolio of projects.
  • Works with the TLs to identify and quantify internal and external dependencies and ensures these are reflected within the project plans. Leads the team to deliver on dependency outputs. Works with the EPM to escalate input dependency needs such that these are visible at the appropriate level. Reflects the impact from missed dependencies into project plans.
  • Works within the program and project change process to ensure that any agreed scope changes, whether internally- or externally- driven, are 'consumed' by the engineering team in a controlled and co-ordinated way, and the change impacts are reflected into the detailed engineering plans.
  • With inputs from the TLs and team, performs monthly statusing of the detailed plans for the assigned CAs. Completes project variance analysis and drives KPI related improvement actions, working with the EPM to resolve cost or schedule variances.
  • Ensures the necessary interaction between the TLs and the functional and technical governance organisations is taking place where necessary to resolve technical issues and institute optimal engineering processes. Co-ordinate the technical governance reviews with the CEO.
  • Supports the Portfolio EPM in stakeholder reviews, including internal program or business reviews, and external customer reviews. Generates the necessary KPIs and operational data for the assigned projects and CAs to support these reviews, where appropriate, leads these reviews.
  • Performs as first point of contact (POC) in managing external suppliers. Facilitates the necessary technical interactions between the supplier and engineering team. Escalates and works with the EPM to resolve any supplier performance or contract negotiation issues.


Required Qualifications/Experience

  • An appropriate degree in Engineering from an accredited university, or equivalent experience
  • Experience/knowledge of product design activities
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with high team building capability
  • Demonstrated ability to analyse and resolve problems
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams, plan and manage resources to complete tasks
  • Experience in a Project Management role in an Engineering/Technology environment
  • Experience of estimating costs and tracking financial performance


Flexible Working

GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.

Total Reward

At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.

As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;

  • Performance based annual bonus
  • Non-contributory Pension
  • Life Assurance
  • Group income protection
  • Private medical cover
  • Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell


Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS

Right to Work

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, under the applicable UK immigration rules as may be in place from time to time, it may be that candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled candidate who does not require sponsorship is available to take up the post. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

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