Job title: Assistant Project Manager
Location: Rochester - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.
Salary:Circa £42,000 DOE
What you’ll be doing:
The role of Assistant Project Manager for bids is key to BAE Systems’ order intake success. You will support both the Bids and Proposals Lead in efficient running of the team and project managers within the product line to produce compelling customer proposals. Key responsibilities include:
Maintaining excellent customer relations
Taking ownership of specific bids and related tasks
Supporting the development and maintenance of a project plan that embraces all elements of the bid and managing the project / bid team and personnel to ensure all milestones / objectives are achieved
Reporting routine and ad-hoc including support to new business budget management
Supporting the implementation of best practice business winning reviews
Using project management techniques, to enable early identification of problems and implementation of mitigation actions
Your skills and experiences:
Essential:
A proven track record in Bid Management, ideally in an engineering development environment with awareness of Commercial and Financial skills
Proven ability to motivate, influence, and manage people effectively
You will have solid problem solving and analytical capabilities
Good written and oral communications skills
High level of numeracy
Desirable:
Strong well-rounded business knowledge with focus on the customer
Team leading skills with a positive outlook that produces solutions
Project Management experience
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 Electronic Systems team:
The Electronic Systems team is responsible for extremely complex and innovative projects, we are looking for an enthusiastic and talented Assistant Project Manager. You will assist the Project Manager with day-to-day management activities in order to meet the project's time, cost, and quality goals.
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.
Closing Date: 23rd June 2023 – Make sure the date is in the same format.
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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