Company Description

General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s. Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and stores management systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

Job Description

We are hiring Project Manager & Senior Project Managers within our expanding Aircraft Avionics team to lead multi-million pound contracts.

You will be required to manage all aspects of programme delivery to achieve business and customer targets. We are looking for PM's with high energy and integrity with a can-do attitude that doesn’t shy away from a challenge. If this is you them we’d love to hear from you.

You will be accountable for hitting our milestones and budgetary targets, leading multifunctional teams as we work to achieve the required technical and quality standards, while ensuring customer satisfaction. Work extremely closely with your project controller to develop and maintain a suite of detailed project schedules, management plans and fully own your ETCs, EACs and risks whilst ensuring delivery to time, to budget and to our customer contractual commitments.

Typical day to day tasks include (but not limited too):

Manage and execute projects from Bid Phase, Production, Support Including Spares and Repairs and Disposal)
Accountability for projects performance (schedule, milestones and financial metrics)
Provide the primary point-of-contact for the customer. Communicate and liaise to keep them informed of work progress to schedule and discuss/resolve any issues arising.
Identify and pursue follow on business opportunities for all company product areas
For both follow-on and new business opportunities participate in pre-bid / bid stage discussions. Act as the Bid Manager to manage and co-ordinate the generation of cost estimates and proposal material. Organise and execute the key bid reviews,

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Qualifications

For these roles, you should have a number of years’ experience working in a fast paced environment and a positive attitude towards innovation and problem-solving. You will also need:

Programme/Project management experience gained within large, complex, multiple stakeholder projects - engineering, production & manufacturing practices and procedures would be preferred. Defence industry experience required for more senior positions.
Customer facing experience coupled with excellent communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal
A deep understanding of programme management principles and techniques, including budget management, progress monitoring, risk and opportunity management and performance reporting.
Proactive management and strong requirements and schedule adherence
Programme Management qualification desirable (E.g. APMP)

Additional Information

Depending on experience these roles have starting salaries of between £45,000 and £85,000 plus our flexible benefits package.

We are open to this role being spent with time working from home and in the office (minimum 3 days in office) on a weekly basis or fully in our office in St Leonards-on-Sea.

Relocation assistance may be available for qualifying UK based applicants to move closer to our sites.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits:

A compressed nine-day fortnight and compressed hours - which means every other Friday off.
A personalized career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company.
A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

Our success is fuelled by our colleagues and the wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills they bring to the Company.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email disabilityconfident@gd-ms.uk if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks

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