Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Hillend with hybrid options available

Salary: Up to £78,500 based on skills and experience

Referral Scheme Bonus: £500

Grade: GG13

What you’ll be doing:

• Accountable for the budget, performance and results of the team.

• Ensures essential polices are followed based on own knowledge of Project Management. May formulate processes and procedures within own area of responsibility.

• Adapts own project plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.

• Accountable as a member of the Project Management team for development and implementation of appropriately tailored practices.

• Adapts own project plans and priorities to address resource and operational challenges.

• Accountable as a member of the Project Management team for development and implementation of appropriately tailored practices.

• Provides leadership to own medium-sized team.

• Responsible for training members of the team, monitoring their quality of work

Your skills and experiences:

• University level education or professional qualifications gained through industry

• PM Qualification or equivalent experience

• Extensive knowledge of Project Management (tools, techniques, practices)

• Basic knowledge of other functions such as Commercial & Finance

• Able to develop innovative solutions to complex issues in a wider Business context

Benefits:

You’ll receive benefits including a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. You’ll also have access to additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and employee discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive

The team:

You will lead several teams delivering advanced Simulation & Training and Deployed Network Solutions-domain projects. These include BAE Systems’ VoRTEX (Virtual Reality Training Executive) virtual maintenance trainers, armoured vehicle crew trainers and projects providing support as Design Authority to customer-developed systems, all being delivered from the Hillend site.

You will contribute to, and support, the business goals of the wider Deployed Solutions portfolio across BAE Systems’ Digital Intelligence sites.

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 working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.