Senior Project Lead

3 weeks ago


Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd Full time

Are you a skilled project manager looking for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to join our team at Systems Engineering & Assessment Ltd.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Project Manager to lead and manage our defence projects. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for delivering complex projects on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in project management, with experience of leading teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously. You will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders, customers, and team members.

A salary of £70,000 - £90,000 per annum, depending on experience, is offered for this role, along with a range of benefits including hybrid working arrangements, private medical health insurance, and opportunities for professional development.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manage bids, programmes, projects, tasks, and work packages, taking responsibility for outcomes, budget, quality, and timescales.
  • Achieve budgeted performance of projects, monitor progress against targets, and provide detailed forecast updates.
  • Deliver and plan complex projects and programmes effectively and professionally in accordance with industry best practice and SEA's management system.
  • Achieve high levels of staff engagement and ensure team members are aware of and understand their priorities, scope of work, acceptance criteria, and relation to project strategy, aims, objectives, and business case.
  • Line Manage project staff, as required, setting SMART objectives, monitoring performance, developing personal development plans, and conducting annual staff appraisals.
Requirements
  • Expert in planning, risk, and opportunity management.
  • An excellent communicator and able to demonstrate both effective change and conflict management with highly developed influencing skills.
  • Proven in-depth knowledge and experience of all phases of a project from inception, planning, and organisation, monitoring and control, closure in the military environment.
  • Deep knowledge of the full range of project management competencies, including financial and earned value management, risk and opportunity management, and supplier and subcontractor project management.
  • Extensive Knowledge and experience of different commercial arrangements, including fixed price design and manufacture, availability-based service provision, build-to-print, time and materials contracts, etc.
  • Hands-on experience of working with project management tools, such as Microsoft Project, risk registers, etc.


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