Service Operations PM

Job Title: Service Operations Project Manager

Location: Samlesbury

Salary: £41,361 + dependent upon skills and experience

What you’ll be doing:

• Support the Scope, planning and prioritisation of projects

• Support to Delivery: Issue management / Early warning signs / Integration with other Work Packages and International UK Partners / support to schedule and risk management

• Support to project reporting, particularly qualitative data

• Support to Engineering Maturity gates and Life Cycle Management

• JIRA reporting, co-ordination with industry partner data. Comms and Project information (e.g. confluence)

• Management of individual projects

• Chair Short term planning reviews

• Supporting CAM and producing reports on performance and cost

• Interfacing with Project Control team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Proficient in MS packages Word & Excel (essential to have Pivot and Formula experience)

• Experience of working within a project management/coordinator role

• Operating within a large scale company

Desirable:

• Stakeholder management

• Microsoft Project

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 Fast Jet Support – Service Operations Team:

The Fast Jet Support – Service Operations Team sits within the Support and Services Delivery Unit and plays a critical role in delivering sustained operational excellence across fast jet platforms. As a Service Operations Project Officer, you will be embedded within this high-performing team, working closely with project control specialists, engineers, and delivery managers to manage scope, scheduling, resources, risks, and contractual deliverables.

The team operates at the heart of collaboration between the UK Ministry of Defence, key UK industry partners, and—depending on the programme—international stakeholders. Together, they ensure effective project planning, issue resolution, and the seamless integration of complex workstreams.

This is a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement, where you will also contribute to the development and implementation of robust project management processes that underpin the success of fast jet support operations.

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 of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and 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 August 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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