Project Manager
Location: Portsmouth
Clearance: SC Required
Nationality: British National
Contract: 12 Months (Potential Extension)
Hours: 37 hours per week over 4.5 days between 07:00 - 19:00 (business discretion)
IR35: Off-payroll working rules apply
Rates: Up to £50.84 per hour Umbrella Inside IR35
Interview Process:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex programmes within a highly regulated engineering environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering projects On Quality, On Time and On Cost (OQOTOC) , driving collaboration across multifunctional teams while maintaining strong customer relationships, robust governance and effective project controls.
This position is ideally suited to a proven Project Manager with experience managing schedules, budgets, risks and stakeholders in complex project environments. Aerospace experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
Key Responsibilities
Project Delivery
Location: Portsmouth
Clearance: SC Required
Nationality: British National
Contract: 12 Months (Potential Extension)
Hours: 37 hours per week over 4.5 days between 07:00 - 19:00 (business discretion)
IR35: Off-payroll working rules apply
Rates: Up to £50.84 per hour Umbrella Inside IR35
Interview Process:
- Stage 1: Virtual Interview
- Stage 2: Face-to-Face Interview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex programmes within a highly regulated engineering environment.
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering projects On Quality, On Time and On Cost (OQOTOC) , driving collaboration across multifunctional teams while maintaining strong customer relationships, robust governance and effective project controls.
This position is ideally suited to a proven Project Manager with experience managing schedules, budgets, risks and stakeholders in complex project environments. Aerospace experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
Key Responsibilities
Project Delivery
- Lead cross-functional teams to successfully deliver projects against quality, schedule and cost objectives.
- Ensure compliance with company governance, Business Management System (BMS) requirements, health and safety regulations, and project management processes.
- Foster a collaborative and high-performing project environment.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
- Act as the primary customer interface for project activities.
- Manage customer expectations, negotiate changes and provide regular project updates.
- Identify potential issues affecting customer satisfaction and implement mitigation plans.
- Define project scope, deliverables and requirements.
- Develop and maintain Project Management Plans (PMPs).
- Create Work Breakdown Structures and detailed project schedules.
- Identify resource, material, equipment and facility requirements.
- Ensure projects are fully costed, resourced and aligned to delivery milestones.
- Provide clear, accurate and timely communication to stakeholders.
- Produce regular project status reports.
- Escalate risks, issues and corrective actions when required.
- Ensure project objectives, responsibilities and priorities are clearly understood across the team.
- Maintain project risk registers and mitigation plans.
- Monitor project performance against milestones and deliverables.
- Ensure project schedules remain current and reflect any changes or risks.
- Forecast resource requirements and support effective planning.
- Manage project budgets and expenditure.
- Maintain financial control and accurate forecasting.
- Produce monthly financial reports and performance updates.
- Ensure projects deliver value while remaining within approved budgets.
- Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
- Identify root causes of quality issues and drive corrective actions.
- Capture lessons learned and implement improvements across future projects.
- Monitor and report the impact of non-quality on project performance.
- Resolve project-related conflicts and challenges.
- Escalate issues appropriately to minimise impact on delivery objectives.
- Proven experience managing complex projects from initiation through to delivery.
- Strong stakeholder and customer management skills.
- Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources and risks.
- Excellent communication and reporting abilities.
- Experience working within structured project management environments.
- Knowledge of recognised project management methodologies such as PMBOK and PMI principles.
- Experience working with or alongside a PMO.
- Aerospace, defence or engineering sector experience.
- Professional project management qualifications.
- Experience operating within highly regulated environments.