QinetiQAssociate Project Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
QinetiQ is hiring an Associate Project Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract. It pays £39k-£43k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on QinetiQ.
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Associate Project Manager needed to deliver sub-system integration and testing for laser technology programs at QinetiQ.
Package: £38,700 - £43,000 (salary dependent on experience) + Benefits
Role ID: SF20764
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as an Associate Project Manager at our Farnborough facility, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role
The primary focus will be to work on the Dragonfire Minimum Deployable Capability programme within the Advanced Weapons IDT in the Science & Technology business in UK Defence.
The Associate Project Manager will be responsible for delivering WP2.4, which leads our integration and sub-system testing for the QinetiQ Laser Source. The associated work package supports cross-domain teams who all contribute work towards the verification and testing of the system. This is a cross-cutting role which supports the wider delivery teams through their day-to-day activities.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Maintenance of sub-system project budgets, delivering sub-projects to time and cost
- Development and maintenance of positive engagement with project partners and suppliers
- Operating in a Safe & Secure manner
- Embedding a culture in line with the QinetiQ values
- Delivery of the project outputs, to agreed baseline (customer satisfaction, time, cost, quality, cash and sales)
- Ensuring project members operate in line with the Operating Framework & functional competency management requirements; and have appropriate personal objectives recorded in the QinetiQ performance management system
Essential experience of the Associate Project Manager:
- Experience within a Project Management environment such as coordinator or administrator
Desirable qualifications for the Associate Project Manager:
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in appropriate discipline
- Has obtained or is working towards APM qualification
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week and is based out of our Farnborough facility on a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week on average, onsite.
Farnborough
At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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