The Role
Join QinetiQ as a Senior Project Manager within the Mission Rehearsal Integrated Delivery Team (IDT). The Mission Rehearsal IDT are responsible for modernising and transforming QinetiQ’s capabilities across the air ranges. The current Long Term Partnering Agreement (LTPA) runs to at least 2028, with a clear requirement to transform the UK Air Ranges by introducing new and modern capabilities.
With your expertise, you'll drive excellence in multiple projects and be responsible for the safe delivery and oversight of a diverse portfolio of strategically important investment projects as part of the Air Ranges Modernisation (ARM) Programme and report directly into the Programme Manager. If you are a proactive Senior Project Manager with a passion for delivering quality in a dynamic environment, QinetiQ offers the perfect opportunity to advance your career.
Day-to-day, you will:
1. Enable key digital, data and communication capability enhancements in a dynamic environment
2. Develop and maintain relationships with customers
3. Work with a team of highly experienced engineers to identify new capabilities that enhance the range offering for our customer
4. Manage external and internal stakeholders
5. Lead the development of business cases for future capabilities
6. Develop and maintain key project documents including Project Management Plan, Risk Register and Project Reporting Pack
7. Deliver a mix of standard and major projects with some interdependencies
8. Generate accurate work load forecasts to support resource planning within the business and functions
This role is full-time, 37 hours per week and you will based at our Bristol site. The ability and willingness to travel to other various sites is required.
Experience of the Senior Project Manager:
9. Demonstrable experience leading and successfully delivering complex projects
10. Experience delivering defence, engineering and/or IT projects
11. Strong Stakeholder Management: identifying, planning and implementing actions to positively engage parties with an interest in, or influence over, the project outputs
12. Ability to manage multiple external customers
13. Experience in Defence, Aerospace or other closely related sectors
Qualifications of the Senior Project Manager:
14. Degree (or equivalent experience) in appropriate discipline
15. Hold a recognised PM qualification (APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ) or Prince2
Our Benefits
16. Generous holiday allowance
17. Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
18. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
19. Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more.
20. Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows most employees to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave.
21. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant.
22. Payroll Giving and Volunteering - helping charities and local community.
Our volunteering programme enables our people to use their professional skills to make a positive difference in our local communities, for example STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) ambassador days in schools. We support a number of charities that are important to our people, including those, which help the defence community.