Manufacturing Project Manager

Job Title: Manufacturing Project Manager

Location: Barrow-in-Furness. We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Salary: From £70,000 depending on skills and experience with executive car allowance and bonus on top

What you’ll be doing:

• Be responsible for leading, managing and developing multi-disciplinary teams whilst covering a range of subject areas within associated semi-complex projects, multiple simple projects or complex control accounts
• Accountable for the delivery of the projects’ outputs within the performance/cost/time envelope for our range of projects and complex control accounts
• You will be responsible for ensuring the most cost-effective and efficient means of delivery, whilst mitigating risk and leveraging opportunities
• Regularly meet the customer to understand the objective, requirements and the means of acceptance for all projects
• Sustain and leverage value through the monitoring and management against commitments (products and services) and meet our own obligations under the contract/agreement
• Actively highlight shortfalls positively and draw through LFE into the projects, advising on mitigations and engaging with the Delivery Manager

Your skills and experiences:

• Experience of leading and managing a project management team whilst delivering complex projects or a control account with a variety of stakeholders
• Must be able to achieve delivery results by influencing through exemplary communication and interpersonal skills
• Previous experience of utilising best practice methodologies in the successful execution of project delivery (including; risk, stakeholder, schedule, planning, scheduling, change, financial control, performance and hold point management)
• Experience of defining, initiating and controlling a project
• Professional Project Management qualification or strong practical experience gained through application of Project Management

Benefits:

As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The team:

By joining us in the role, you will collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders, including the Ministry of Defence and industry partners, to achieve critical milestones and contribute to the overall success of the Dreadnought programme. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of the UK’s submarine capabilities and make a lasting impact on the nation’s defence. We offer relocation support packages across all Submarines roles, subject to meeting eligibility criteria.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 5th March 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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