Delkia is a specialist engineering & technology company for safety-related and mission critical systems in Defence and Nuclear sectors. Our offer incorporates: systems integration, engineering design and technical consultancy.
Project Manager
Location: Northwest
Job type: Permanent / Full time
Salary: Competitive
Delkia is a specialist engineering and technology company focused on safety-critical and mission-critical systems in highly regulated industries, including aerospace, clean energy, and maritime. Our services include engineering design, technical consultancy, and systems integration.
At Delkia, we believe engineering is more than technology, manufacturing, and innovation— it’s about the people behind it. By fostering a culture of passion, commitment, and innovative thinking, we ensure our teams are at the heart of our business, delivering exceptional results for our customers. We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and actively invest in future talent through STEM initiatives, apprenticeships, placements, and summer internships.
Our Head Office is located at Westlake’s Science and Technology Park in West Cumbria, supported by systems integration, assembly, and testing facilities in Egremont, Cumbria, and design offices in Preston, Lancashire. We are also expanding with a new manufacturing facility in Haydock, St Helens, Merseyside opening in early 2025. Alongside these locations, we have a network of skilled staff working across the UK, forming a dynamic and highly capable team.
Join a company that values its people and is growing rapidly.
Overview of the role:
To provide project management expertise into Delkia’s portfolio – delivering key projects comprising product, process and system development. The post-holder will contribute to the enhancement of Delkia’s project management framework to ensure current and future projects within Delkia are delivered in line with best practice project management techniques.
Key Responsibilities
* Work collaboratively with the Project Teams to deliver the assigned project to defined cost, schedule, and quality requirements, leading to a successful handover.
* Support Tender Submissions from a Project Management perspective.
* Prepare schedules and monitor progress against established baselines.
* Tracking and monitoring project spending and reporting variances, using Earned Value Management (EVM) techniques.
* Establishing and maintain weekly reporting, by setting up regular internal and external team meetings.
* Prepare meeting packs/presentations, capturing minutes, agreed actions, updating teams and senior management.
* Positively influence key stakeholders (both internal & external) associated with the project.
* Developing and maintaining project documentation templates.
* Ensuring all project deliverables are completed in line with the schedule.
* Identify potential dependencies, assumptions, risks, exceptions, opportunities (DAREO), project problems, mitigation contingencies and implement corrective actions. Highlighting where updates or escalations are required.
* Play an active part in Lessons Identified process across all projects and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
* Maintain established processes and develop new as required.
* Take ownership and pride in your work and promoting project management success through the team.
* Manage proposed changes to project parameters – e.g. scope, budget, schedules.
* Monitor the quality of project deliverables and ensure project objectives are met.
* Conduct project meetings and attend programme and portfolio meetings where required.
* Establish effective working relationships with all key stakeholders.
* Proven experience of effective working with those with specialist knowledge and expertise.
What you’ll bring
* Proven experience of delivering projects to time, cost and quality
* Successful experience of translating analysis into practical implementation
* Proficient with the full Microsoft Office suite
* Schedule baseline creation and management
* Detail orientated, high standard of accuracy & quality
* Excellent organisational skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Nice to have:
* Degree (or working to) in Project Management
* APM Project Management Qualification
* Knowledge of NEC3 contracts
The Person
* A strong team-player.
* A drive to succeed.
What we offer:
* Competitive salary
* Flexible working
* Training and development
* Excellent company standards
* Cycle-to-work scheme
* Health care
* Company bonus scheme
* Birthday leave
* Great team spirit
* Organised social events
* Professional membership
Our Vision:
To be the UK’s leading engineering and technology partner for safety-related and mission-critical systems.
Our Mission:
To enable a safer, more resilient world through the provision of engineering and technological solutions. We take pride in our role as a partner for safety-critical systems, ensuring the protection of people, assets, and missions that matter most.
Our Values:
* Collaboration and teamwork
* Integrity, trust and accountability
* Safety and security
* Client focused
* Positive social value and impact
* Continuous improvement
Our Purpose: At Delkia we are driven by our purpose to protect lives and critical assets.
Equal opportunities: Delkia is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
Please be aware that many roles working for Delkia will be subject to UK national security vetting restrictions. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and satisfy requirements for national security vetting clearance as appropriate.
All applications will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch to discuss.
Note to Agencies: Delkia has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies. Please note that any unsolicited CVs submitted will be deemed as gifted to Delkia and any terms & conditions associated with the use of such CVs will be null and void.