Job Title:
Technical Project Manager Location:
Christchurch, BH23 6NW Salary:
Competitive Job Type:
Full time, Permanent About us: Averna powered by Spherea designs, manufactures and supports complex test systems for aerospace, defence and other regulated industries. The role: You will lead assigned engineering projects from internal handover and customer kick-off through design, manufacture, integration, acceptance, commissioning and warranty closure. As the principal day-to-day customer interface, you will coordinate multidisciplinary teams and manage technical, commercial and delivery matters. This is a technically engaged project leadership role, requiring you to assess solution maturity, challenge plans and ensure appropriate lifecycle reviews. Regular work alongside delivery teams is required; occasional UK and international travel, including overnight stays, is expected. Key responsibilities: Manage customer and stakeholder relationships, project communications, governance, kick-off meetings, progress reviews and design reviews. Record decisions and actions, address difficult issues constructively and maintain customer confidence while protecting the company's contractual position. Lead multidisciplinary teams across systems, hardware, software, mechanical, production, procurement, quality and support. Coordinate resources in a matrix organisation, resolve competing priorities, identify capacity gaps and manage suppliers or subcontractors where required. Lead handover from Sales and the bid team, agree scope, deliverables, responsibilities, assumptions, dependencies and acceptance criteria, and maintain the project management plan, work breakdown structure, integrated schedule, resource plan, risk register, reporting and quality/configuration arrangements. Control delivery against the approved technical baseline, schedule and budget. Maintain accurate forecasts for revenue, expenditure, gross margin, cost to complete, cash, work in progress and resource demand. Coordinate purchasing and support contractual and invoicing milestones. Manage technical lifecycle gates from requirements and concept reviews through preliminary and critical design, manufacturing readiness, integration and test readiness, verification, factory acceptance, site acceptance, commissioning, warranty and closure. Work with the Technical Lead and Systems Engineer to control requirements, interfaces, changes and acceptance evidence. Understand and manage contract scope, exclusions, deliverables, milestones and acceptance provisions. Record changes, assess cost and schedule implications, prevent informal scope growth, support variations and claims, protect forecast margin and document customer-caused delays or unmet dependencies. Identify risks and opportunities early, implement recovery actions, escalate issues appropriately and ensure technical decisions, deviations, concessions and design changes are recorded and approved. Contribute to opportunity qualification, Go/No-Go and bid reviews. Help develop executable proposals, realistic schedules, resource plans, cost estimates,
Technical Project Manager in London employer: Averna Powered By Spherea
Averna Powered by Spherea is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the engineering sector. Located at the scenic Bournemouth International Airport, employees benefit from a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and ample opportunities for professional growth within a global leader in Test & Quality Solutions. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values your contributions and supports your career aspirations.
