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About the Opportunity

We are looking for enthusiastic Project Managers with proven delivery experience to join our expanding team. In this exciting role, you will play a pivotal part in supporting our clients to successfully deliver highly complex programmes across the built environment. The position is primarily based in Portsmouth and the surrounding area, with a requirement to be on-site at least one day per week. The remainder of the week offers hybrid or remote working flexibility.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Understand, and deliver in accordance with, organisational policies, processes, and procedures.
• Support the development and assurance of business cases as part of wider approval processes.
• Analyse, develop, support, and manage the timely and cost-effective delivery of client projects, meeting business and environmental objectives.
• Influence, support, and expedite client project delivery through effective planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting of project performance.
• Identify and effectively manage project assumptions and dependencies.
• Support identification of slippage and risk, and implement remedial or mitigating actions, ensuring compliance with all relevant safety, environmental, and management procedures.
• Champion the application of appropriate programme and project delivery strategies and commercial vehicles to secure successful business outcomes.
• Ensure appropriate services to the project are coordinated and delivered through technical, engineering, project controls, commercial, and financial support functions.
• Maintain project records, information, and history accurately and in line with policy.
• Ensure learning from experience is captured and apply continuous improvement techniques to project delivery.

What You’ll Need

• Significant track record of successfully delivering projects in line with time, cost, and quality constraints.
• Ability to operate autonomously, with authority, and skilled in developing and maintaining key relationships.
• Consultancy focus with a proven history of identifying and delivering client requirements, and ability to scope wider business opportunities.
• Expertise in P3M practices, methodologies, and techniques, and their appropriate application to varied environments.
• Highly skilled in the provision of coaching and mentoring.
• Ability and willingness to attain security clearance, which includes being resident in the UK for the preceding 5 years.

Desirable Skills and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• APM PFQ/PMQ qualification.
• Strong knowledge of the Defence industry and experience working in a high-profile Tier 1, Prime, and/or subcontractor organisation.
• Membership of the Association for Project Management (MAPM) is advantageous.
• PRINCE2 or Agile Practitioner qualification.
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner (desirable but not essential).

What’s in It for You

• Competitive salary and benefits package, with unrivalled salary sacrifice schemes available.
• Free single medical cover and digital GP service.
• Generous pension contributions.
• Enhanced parental leave and family-friendly policies.
• Professional development support and membership reimbursement.
• Access to a flexible benefits programme tailored to your needs, including buying or selling up to 10 days extra holiday.
• Hybrid and flexible working options to support work life balance.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.