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Senior Project Manager - Defence - Bristol

We are working on behalf of a successful defence development, engineering and manufacturing company who are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their Project Management Team.

Office based in Bristol and with hybrid working and occasional travel to their customers' sites as required, the Senior Project Manager will be involved in the full project lifecycle from assisting with bids for new and continuing work to delivering existing long-term programmes of work. Specifically, the role involves the planning, monitoring and control of allocated projects in the Aerospace market. Key to this is ensuring that projects are in line with the company's Quality Management System (QMS) and project management procedures within the level of delegated authority.

This role would suit a candidate who has previous engineering and current project management experience looking to move into a fast-moving company with a world-wide customer base.

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Head of Programmes, manage a portfolio of projects in accordance with the company procedures.
• Participation in the Bid Phase, either supporting the Business Manager or leading bids post initial customer contact. Includes preparation of proposals, estimates and initial pricing.
• Preparation of all Project Start-up and Initiation Documentation, including Project Briefs (Charter); Project Management Plans (PMP); project schedules; project budgets; and tracking registers.
• Management of Risk in accordance with company procedures.
• Tracking, monitoring progress and management of all allocated projects in terms of: Time, Cost and Quality.
• Preparation of project financial data including budget updates, estimates at completion and control of customer invoicing and profiling.
• Management of project resource demand and participation in Business Unit resource levelling through accurate representation of the project demand in the business forecasting system.
• Stakeholder communication and management (both internal and external to customers and suppliers).
• Management and control of any contract changes with the customer for all allocated projects, ensuring adherence to process.
• Early and clear reporting, raising and escalation of project issues, risks, and potential problems.
• Support the implementation of Best Practice project management across the company and identify opportunities for improving processes and efficiency

Essential Skills

• Ability to lead teams in demanding technical environments
• Able to work with a wide experience level from junior engineers to well-regarded technical consultants
• Financially astute, able to create and manage project budgets, maintain profit margin and deliver returns
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Confident in prioritisation and managing concurrent workstreams
• Ability to manage own workload and work to deadlines
• Be an effective communicator, both written and verbal
• A proactive and assertive nature with the motivation to succeed
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Experience

• General experience within defence or aerospace engineering environment
• Experience of project management of engineering technical services provision, and/or full life cycle development programmes
• Line management experience (of at least one other)
• Experience of UK/EU Export Control and Foreign Regulatory Frameworks (EAR/ITAR) (Desirable)
• Experience of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as EPICOR or SAP (Desirable)

Qualifications

Degree qualified in an engineering, science, technology, mathematics or related discipline.

Recognised Project Management training and qualification (Desirable)

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.

Technical Manager – Defence - Bristol

We are working on behalf of a successful defence development, engineering and manufacturing company who are seeking a Technical Manager to support their Structural and Fluid Dynamics capability across the company.

Office based in Bristol and with hybrid working, the successful candidate will join the senior management team and will be responsible for the development and management of the Structural and Fluid Dynamics capability, ensuring that the team has the right technical capabilities and tools and processes in place to meet the various project requirements, both now and in the future. The Technical Manager is the focal point for technical excellence, resource planning for the capability and ensuring continuous improvement within the domain.

The Structural and Fluid dynamics group provides detailed analysis for loads and flight physics projects covering:

• Flight loads
• Ground loads
• Aeroelastics
• Vibration
• Test support

The group also contains the CFD capability, which conducts analysis for:

• External aerodynamic flow for support to new aircraft and aircraft modifications
• Internal aerodynamic flows
• Hydraulic flow for the support in the design of hydraulic equipment
• Thermal analysis
• Acoustics

The modelling toolsets that are currently used by the group include:

• Matlab
• Nastran
• Ansys Fluent

As Technical Manager you should have industrial experience in some of these above areas and a good appreciation and understanding of the others. You will also be expected to balance hands-on technical work and leadership together with the management activities of capability development, resource planning and line management.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the Structural and Fluid Dynamics capability, including day to day management and longer-term strategy. This is a varied role covering the below areas:

Technical

• Provide technical leadership or support on projects where required
• Ensure appropriate technical support is available for customer interactions, either through team members or personal involvement
• Manage external suppliers within the technical area, including tendering and quality audits
• Facilitate the team’s ability to deliver by ensuring the right people, tools, and processes are in place
• Act as the focal point for tools within the technical area
• Evaluate current toolsets and identify needs for new tools or upgrades, developing business cases where new tools are required and leading their implementation
• Ensure tools are used effectively to support delivery and innovation

Process

• Allocation of the Structural and Fluid Dynamics team members in line with the project requirements
• Define and manage annual budget needs for internal development of capabilities and processes in line with company objectives
• Support business development activities
• Contribute to project proposals and bids, including technical solutions and estimated quantity of work
• Hold technical checks and/or approvals for the capability area in line with the delegated authority
• Act as the process owner for the technical domain, identifying missing or outdated processes and leading updates
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and push for process change where needed
• Own and manage bench tasks to support capability development and delivery readiness
• Collaborate with other Technical Managers to ensure cross-functional alignment and consistency
• People
• Support the capability team members to ensure that they have continued development in line with the individual's and company's needs
• Facilitate the recruitment of suitably qualified and skilled engineers to support the growth of the company

Qualifications:

Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a related discipline

Post-graduate qualification to a Master’s degree or Doctorate in a relevant specialisation (desirable)

Membership of an Engineering Body (desirable)

Chartered Engineer Status (desirable) Due to security restrictions on some of their projects, the successful candidate must currently hold Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible to obtain SC.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.