PMO Project Manager in London

Ontic is more than just a business; we're a community of innovators who pride ourselves on fostering a culture where talent thrives, ideas flourish, and careers are built. We're committed to excellence, driving us to continuously improve and adapt, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of our industry.

The Role:

This role is most suited to someone with a strong background in work transfer and new product introduction in a highly regulated manufacturing industry. As part of your role you’ll be expected to:

• Manage complex global projects from conception to completion, using appropriate methodologies.
• Provide day-to-day direction and support to the project team.
• Participate and/or drive project planning through Merger & Acquisitions.
• Review and ensure the effectiveness of Ontic project procedures, processes, templates, and tools. Partner with peers from other Ontic sites to ensure consistency.
• Work with business functions and project stakeholders to define the project approach.
• Define Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and estimate resource requirements.
• Identify and apply project dependencies and activity sequencing.
• Monitor project governance to ensure adherence to project plans and milestone achievement, taking appropriate action where timing is compromised, or the critical path affected.
• Manage the project to the agreed scope and act upon any proposed changes in scope.
• Monitor and report upon project outputs and acceptance criteria.
• Manage the preparation and update of project documentation sets.
• Conduct Risk & Opportunity Management throughout the project lifecycle, escalating issues and trends from across the Risk & Opportunity portfolio to the RoW PMO Director.
• Implement project Quality Assurance.
• Monitor planned resource utilisation vs basis of estimate.
• Manage internal resources to ensure timely allocation to planned activities and effective release of resources to business-as-usual.

About you:

At Ontic, our culture is integral to making sure we enjoy our work and deliver for our customers. While we look for the right skillset, we’re also looking for someone who will thrive within our recognition and empowerment culture. To be successful in this role you’ll need to have:

• Project Management Professional certification is preferred.
• Extensive understanding in a range of project management.
• Experience and knowledge of change management principles, methodologies and tools.
• Knowledge of the aerospace industry/manufacturing processes is required.
• Knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures.
• A working knowledge of business IT systems and in-depth knowledge of MS Office applications including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project and Outlook.
• Highly motivated with strong technical and interpersonal skills.
• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Displays sound judgement and has a high level of tact and diplomacy.
• Possesses enough gravitas and credibility to advise and influence project teams and other internal stakeholders.
• Able to self-manage and coach team members.
• Able to produce quality, accurate and timely management and business information.
• Possess excellent verbal and written skills and be able to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization.
• Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
• Have a keen eye for detail and must be able to think clearly and perform duties under pressure.

Benefits

At Ontic we care about your financial, physical, and mental wellness so we offer a range of benefits to support this, we care about what matters to you and have a valued culture of recognition and empowerment, accompanied by benefits that support work/life balance. Our benefits package highlights include:

• Up to 29 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• 10 hours paid volunteering time.
• Annual goal share bonus scheme for all employees.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Discounts and offers from a range of retailers.

Best place to work

We are more than the sum of our parts. And we’ve been recognised internally and externally for being so:

• We were ranked #9 in Best Companies' Q3 leaderboard for Best Manufacturing Company based on our employee feedback.
• 72.5% of employees who took part in our 2023 employee satisfaction survey said they are proud to work at Ontic.

No day is the same at Ontic; we have doubled in size over the last couple of years and are still in rapid growth. We attribute our success to empowering colleagues to create the opportunity, fostering an environment of autonomy where we ask for forgiveness, not permission.

Our values

Our values are intrinsic to everything we do:

• We share a common sense - we’re a global family of specialists with a shared passion for precision.
• We have the freedom to choose - we’re challengers and innovators with the freedom to think differently and challenge the status quo.
• We create the opportunity - we’re change-makers with a clear direction and can-do spirit.

We are a fast-paced business with ambitious growth plans; so if you are dedicated, enthusiastic and always seeking ways to improve, you’ll enjoy a career with us!