Senior Project Manager

Location

Inchinnan, Renfrewshire | United Kingdom

Job description

About the Role

Senior Project Manager
Inchinnan, Glasgow
Permanent position

Who we are:
JFD is the world leading underwater capability provider, serving the commercial and defence markets with innovative diving, submarine and hyperbaric rescue, technical solutions and services.
Operating worldwide, the company is the world’s leading provider of submarine rescue capability and an established provider of submarine escape training. The company is at the forefront of Hyperbaric Rescue, along with being the leading supplier of commercial and defence diving equipment and saturation diving systems to the commercial industry.

About the role:
This role is to take ownership of the Tactical Delivery Vehicle Team within JFD, where you will be accountable for the delivery of high value, strategically important international projects.
The Senior Project Manager will be accountable for the P&L, delivery and performance within the specific product line area which they will be embedded in. They will be expected to have high standards of project management, execution and reporting, all managed through the (PMO) Project Management Office function. As a senior member of the PMO team, this role will lead by example and pragmatically drive adherence to PMO processes and procedures. 
The role incumbent will be required to lead a global multi-disciplinary project team to deliver the project on time, on budget and to the complete satisfaction of the customer and internal stakeholders.

This position will carry a hybrid working approach if required for the right candidate.

Your key responsibilities will also include:

• Deliver mission success for our customer, achieving or exceeding contract performance obligations, on time and on budget whilst identifying, mitigating, and reporting project risks and opportunities to internal management.
• Act as the primary point of contact with the customer and be comfortable dealing with Senior Military and/or Defence personnel, whilst being the delegate for JFD’s Defence Business or Head of PMO in their absence.
• Work with HSEQ Department to ensure compliance with all Safety, Quality, Environmental and Security policies, processes and procedures are achieved throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Ensure projects are executed in accordance with JFD’s Global Project Execution Process (GPEP) and associated procedures and that the governance is maintained throughout the project.
• Accurately communicate project status and performance (weekly & monthly reporting as required) to internal and external stakeholders, in accordance with the approved reporting processes, this will include working and reporting contractual KPI’s.
• Manage and coordinate effective communication between key stakeholders for the purpose of resolving project constraints or conflicts such as technical, commercial, resource, schedule, or procurement issues.
• Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements throughout the lifecycle of the project, whilst developing detailed project plans to guide the customer and internal stakeholders on the project’s progress, status, and variances from the plan.
• Work effectively with relevant stakeholders for efficient project implementation and execution, whilst supporting the management of change control and contract variations.

What do you need?

• Engineering Degree qualified within a naval context, or equivalent suitable experience.
• Demonstrated experience in a Senior Project Management role, ideally on previous Defence Maritime projects.
• International project delivery experience, preferably within the Defence environment.
• Proven experience with UK and International Defence contracting terms and conditions.
• Qualification in Project Management from a reputable association.
• Proven track record of positively managing customer relationships on complex projects, ideally within the Defence environment.
• Business and commercial acumen.
• Experienced negotiator, capable of agreeing long term strategic commercial benefit for the company.
• Previous experience of commercially sensitive projects and the security aspects this entails.
• Experience of delivering in service / contractor logistic support services within a naval maritime environment would be advantageous.
• Awareness of working to maritime, defence standards and international quality & safety standards would be advantageous.
• Be flexible and available to travel worldwide in support of project activities.
• Full clean driving licence.
• Would hold or be able to obtain SC level clearance.
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You will need to be a team player whose leadership style can adapt to various situations and audiences.
Versatile influencer capable of engaging and building long term collaborative internal and external relationships whilst focussing on safety.

This is a highly specialised role with key links to the international Defence Market and as such the role will require regular international travel.

Working for us:
We offer a number of benefits including Group Personal Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, free fruit in the office and an early finish on Fridays.

Due to the volume of applications that we receive for our vacancies, on occasion applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

James Fisher & Sons are committed to taking positive action on diversity and we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and as a Disability Confident employer we are committed to offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

JFD is proud to be part of James Fisher and Sons plc, who has partnered with the Career Transition Partnership, the official provider of Armed Forces resettlement for over 20 years.

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