Programme Lead Adour in Bristol

An opportunity has arisen for a Programme Lead based in our Adour Programme team in Bristol. As a Programme Lead in this role, you will ensure the contracted customer and internal RR requirements for various work packages are defined and flowed into the delivery teams for commitment and delivery. The role will monitor the progression of those activities. The task is varied including support to contracted service delivery proposal submissions, provision of external and internal data for review, manage corrective actions and report to internal and external customers the current status and predicted outcome of work in compliance with the RR governance processes. The majority of the role covers support to India and Asia Customers but other customer responsibilities will be required working co-operatively with the other Adour Programme Leads to ensure optimised (and co-ordinated) delivery of tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure sufficient definition and secured commitment to enable the tasks needed for your group of Control Accounts to be undertaken in the business.
• Govern the progress against schedule specification and business case requirements.
• Plan and execute the Control Account work.
• Establish a specification for the work and agree resources (both human and physical) necessary to meet the Control Account requirements with the Resource Managers.
• Develop the plan for the Control Accounts including risk mitigation and instruct release of budget to authorise the starting and stopping of all works.
• Review progress against plans to identify when corrective action is required.
• Agree and initiate the necessary changes including re-allocation of resources within the owned Control Accounts with agreement from the Resource Manager.
• Act as the focal point for all aspects related to the Control Accounts and provide the Programme / Project Manager with information necessary to manage effectively.
• Support the Programme Manager in the creation, development and establishment of the business plan necessary to deliver the programme.
• Help the Programme Manager establish, develop and maintain the work breakdown structure necessary to deliver the programme.
• Implement project management best practice for delivery of all work.

Why Rolls-Royce

Adour is the power for the BAES Hawk Trainer aircraft operated in 15 countries worldwide. This is an opportunity to develop skills across a broad stakeholder community. Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference. We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum, we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons; frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual.

Who we are looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. You will have a good level of knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office tools. Previous programme management experience is not a pre-requisite and we would be willing to support the training and development of people from other disciplines as long as they can demonstrate the right attitude and interpersonal skills. Networking across business groups and developing key relationships is critical to this role and therefore you will have excellent interpersonal and leadership skills and the ability to easily build rapport within all levels of the organisation.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business. We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.