Senior Project Managers - Aerospace Engineering
Posted 2 weeks ago by Matchtech
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Buckinghamshire
Summary: Our client in the aerospace industry is looking for experienced Senior Project Managers for a contract role based in Buckinghamshire. The position involves leading complex engineering projects, ensuring alignment with performance, cost, quality, and schedule objectives. Candidates should have a strong background in project management methodologies and experience in managing cross-functional teams. The role offers a hybrid working model after an initial settling period.
Key Responsibilities:
- Structure and lead projects, ensuring alignment with performance, cost, quality, and schedule objectives
- Drive project development plans and ensure product performance objectives are met
- Maintain accountability for development schedule adherence and cost targets
- Coordinate and manage cross-functional Integrated Programme Teams (IPTs) across multiple sites
- Lead risk and opportunity management processes, ensuring the project's risk register is maintained
- Serve as the primary interface with customers and stakeholders, ensuring consistent communication
- Develop and maintain project schedules and ensure compliance with project management standards
- Champion continuous improvement in project management practices, sharing lessons learned and best practices
Key Skills:
- Experience leading complex engineering development programmes in aerospace or regulated environments
- Proficiency in formal project management methodologies such as APM, PMI, or equivalent
- Understanding of PLM frameworks or equivalent stage-gate development processes
- Strong experience in managing programme performance against cost, schedule, and quality targets
- Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional, cross-site teams
- Knowledge of risk and opportunity management, change control, and project governance frameworks
- Degree-level qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or closely related technical disciplines
- Desirable: Experience within the Group or equivalent large aerospace supplier
- Familiarity with enterprise PM/ERP systems such as Planisware OSMOZ
- Knowledge of APQP and aerospace quality standards (AS9100)
- Proficiency in French for cross-site coordination
- Experience with Agile project management methodology
- Strong delivery accountability and technical credibility
- Effective stakeholder leadership and communication skills
- Ability to think structurally and bring clarity to complex programmes
- Experienced in proactive risk management and maintaining integrity
- Collaborative and thrives in a multi-cultural, multi-site environment
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Buckinghamshire
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Our client, operating in the aerospace industry, is currently seeking experienced Senior Project Managers to join their team on a contract basis.
Location: Buckinghamshire (hybrid model can be explored once settled)
Contract: Initial 6 months, potential extension likely
Rate: DOE - Inside IR35
Key Responsibilities:
- Structure and lead projects, ensuring alignment with performance, cost, quality, and schedule objectives
- Drive project development plans and ensure product performance objectives are met
- Maintain accountability for development schedule adherence and cost targets
- Coordinate and manage cross-functional Integrated Programme Teams (IPTs) across multiple sites
- Lead risk and opportunity management processes, ensuring the project's risk register is maintained
- Serve as the primary interface with customers and stakeholders, ensuring consistent communication
- Develop and maintain project schedules and ensure compliance with project management standards
- Champion continuous improvement in project management practices, sharing lessons learned and best practices
Job Requirements:
- Experience leading complex engineering development programmes in aerospace or regulated environments
- Proficiency in formal project management methodologies such as APM, PMI, or equivalent
- Understanding of PLM frameworks or equivalent stage-gate development processes
- Strong experience in managing programme performance against cost, schedule, and quality targets
- Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional, cross-site teams
- Knowledge of risk and opportunity management, change control, and project governance frameworks
- Degree-level qualification in Engineering, Systems Engineering, or closely related technical disciplines
Desirable Skills:
- Experience within the Group or equivalent large aerospace supplier
- Familiarity with enterprise PM/ERP systems such as Planisware OSMOZ
- Knowledge of APQP and aerospace quality standards (AS9100)
- Proficiency in French for cross-site coordination
- Experience with Agile project management methodology
Skills & Behaviours:
- Strong delivery accountability and technical credibility
- Effective stakeholder leadership and communication skills
- Ability to think structurally and bring clarity to complex programmes
- Experienced in proactive risk management and maintaining integrity
- Collaborative and thrives in a multi-cultural, multi-site environment
If you are a technically credible Senior Project Manager seeking the opportunity to lead challenging aerospace projects, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's dynamic and ambitious team.