Project Manager in Glenrothes

The Raytheon UK Weapons team has a fantastic opportunity for an energetic and confident new team member to provide direction and management of a high performing Integrated Project Team. Working within the Control Sections team, as part of the wider Advanced Products business unit, the successful candidate will execute and support a range of technically challenging high-profile projects, establishing and growing effective relationships with both new and existing customers.

Success will require customer focused innovative thinking, forward planning, strong communication and an ability to react quickly to changes. As a valuable member of the Control Sections team, this Project Management role is pivotal in delivering a New Product Introduction (NPI) Project. The role will also include identifying and securing new opportunities, working collaboratively with the wider company and creating an inclusive environment for the team to grow. The role requires delivery of the NPI project, ensuring on-time deliveries, customer satisfaction, and high-quality deliverables, as well as providing support and guidance to junior Project Managers to aid them in delivering against their challenging targets and goals. A key benefit of this role is the opportunity to visit customers and suppliers both nationally and internationally.

Raytheon UK encourages its employees to be involved in one of our Employee Resource Groups, which are integral to our diversity and inclusion journey. We also encourage all employees to take advantage of five full days of volunteering leave to focus on social causes that impact their local community. While the primary work location will be our Glenrothes and Livingston facilities, or a hybrid of home working, we actively support flexible working, and can discuss a solution to suit the needs of both the business and employee.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Degree qualified in a technical, manufacturing or project management related discipline, or with equivalent non-academic experience. A recognized project management qualification is highly desirable.
• Experienced Project Manager with a successful track record in setting up and executing complex projects to schedule, budget and quality with P&L accountability.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing issues while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements.
• Effective scope management and ability to understand and execute to customer requirements.
• Ability to make decisions and develop corrective actions based on interpretation of available project performance data and metrics.
• Experience in project financial management and reporting, ensuring a complete and accurate view is available on request.
• Experience in providing leadership and direction to multi-disciplined teams.
• Risk and Opportunity management, knowledge of qualitative and quantitative risk and opportunity management techniques and tools.

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience of working in relevant domains.
• Supportive, with the character to navigate sensitive and pressurised situations to overcome delivery challenges.
• Experience in capture and proposal management with a track record of preparing and submitting winning proposals.
• Effective stakeholder management including both customer interfacing and presenting to senior management.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills with the ability to influence, persuade, lead and motivate teams, and produce/deliver reporting to customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders, at all levels.
• Innovative and proactive problem solver – Anticipates and plans to mitigate risks.
• Able to engage with technical experts with credibility and understanding.
• Able to manage and work within agreed budgets, forecast cost to complete.

What we offer:

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr).
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.

Work Culture:

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed.
• More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

For this role, the successful hire will need to be a permanent UK resident and successfully complete a baseline (BPSS) security and background check, and either hold or be willing/eligible to obtain SC clearance.