Project Manager in Westhill

About The Role

Project Manager

Westhill, Aberdeen — Permanent position

About Us

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.

Principle Accountabilities

• Assist with a strategically important international project within JFD’s global portfolio.
• Delivery of the project on time, on budget, in compliance with the requirements and to the customers complete satisfaction.
• Monitor, compile and submit project reports to the customer and internal management capturing the status of the project in line with PMO processes.
• Ensure health, safety, environment, sustainability and security objectives are achieved throughout the lifecycle of the project.
• Develop detailed project plans to guide the customer and internal stakeholders on the projects progress, status and variances from the plan.
• Identify, monitor, mitigate and report project risks to internal management.
• 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.
• Assign and manage tasks to vendors, engineering, production, and support functions.

Who are we looking for?

You will need to be able to demonstrate leadership and be capable of adapting to various situations and audiences. You will be delivery focused, a versatile influencer capable of engaging and building long‑term collaborative internal and external relationships. You will be an effective communicator adapting your style to suit a given situation, with a proven track record of positively managing customer relationships on complex projects. You will have business and commercial acumen and be an experienced negotiator, capable of agreeing long term strategic and commercial goals for the benefit of the company.

Qualifications And Experience

• Demonstrated experience in a Project Management role, ideally on previous Defence Maritime projects that are heavily engineering focussed.
• 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.
• 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.
• Full clean driving licence.
• Would hold or be able to obtain security level clearance.
• You will need to be able to pass security clearance for this role and also have the right to work and reside in the UK.

You will need to have a flexible approach to this position although it will be based at JFD Westhill, on occasion international travel may be required. 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 is a global engineering services company. From our origins as a ship owner and operator, we’ve evolved to provide the expertise and innovative technology our customers need in the harshest of environments across Energy, Defence and Maritime Transport. The Defence Division provides underwater systems and life support capabilities, for the defence and commercial diving markets. 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 with James Fisher and Sons plc proud to be partnered with the Career Transition Partnership, the official provider of Armed Forces resettlement for over 20 years.