AWE is recruiting for a Project Manager to join our team.
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: 49,830 (depending on your suitability, qualifications, and level of experience)
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role:
We are recruiting for a positive, dynamic, and adaptable Project Manager to work in a delivery focused role within a supportive and growing team, tasked to support the delivery of complex tasks/work packages within a formal project environment. Here you will contribute towards successful completion of numerous projects, reporting to a senior project manager, compliant with AWE processes.
A Science or Engineering background or experience would be beneficial. You should show strengths in stakeholder engagement and have the ability to prioritise workload. This is a fantastic opportunity to step in to a dynamic and complex role where no two days will be the same. This role will offer the opportunity to play a key part in the future success of AWE.
As a Project Manager your role will entail:
- Delivering assigned projects in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost, and quality.
- Leading, coaching and developing a team at a local level to deliver team and personal objectives safely and securely to meet our operational plans.
- Maintaining and promoting high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security, and quality, and being a great team player within a diverse and exciting workforce.
Whilst not to be considered a check list, candidates should be able to demonstrate some of the following:
- Demonstrable leadership and the ability to build strong focused teams.
- High energy levels to ensure successful project delivery.
- Skills to create and update all project documentation, including project management plans and supporting risks, assumptions, actions, issues & dependencies.
- Experience of project management tools and techniques for budgeting, change management and project goal setting.
- Ability to effectively prioritise workload, resources, and deadlines within high pressure complex environments.
- A proven record to drive project deliverables forward, working cooperatively with teams who have a broad range of skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills with staff at all levels.
- Excellent customer and key stakeholder relationship skills.
- Knowledge of methods to track project deliverables including implementing key performance indicators and producing project progress reports.
- Risk techniques to manage project risks and interdependencies with efficient mitigation and contingency plans.
- Experience to manage projects through a lifecycle and the associated governance, including stage gate approvals.
- Ability to solve problems and deliver results through creative solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Desire for continuous improvement through evaluation of both successes and failures.
- Positive attitude and willingness to be hands-on in a fast-paced, growing company.
You'll need to have the ability to work calmly and constructively in a priority changing environment and be able to manage your own workload. You will also have initiative, enthusiasm, a flexible approach, and ability to work to tight deadlines.
Hybrid working is limited for this role due to the classification of the work.