Junior Project Manager, Engineering Consulting Services

Job Description

Job title: Junior Project Manager, Engineering Consulting Services

Company: RINA

Job description: Junior Project Manager needed to join this 160 year old global consultancy, which services multiple high hazard industries. You will join the Aerospace and Defence business unit, which delivers on the most technically advanced platforms across the Army, Navy, Airforce and Cyber domains.

Reporting to the Head of Project Management, you will manage and deliver internal and external projects to meet performance, cost, time and quality requirements, as well as being accountable for controls across a complex project environment. You shall also act as an advisor, ensuring the consulting leads are utilising structured techniques, such as project planning and scheduling, cost estimating, monitoring and quality reviews.

This role can be Chippenham or Leatherhead based, but RINA adopts a mature smart/hybrid working environment, where you can manage your time between home, clients and the office.

Responsibilities will include:

• Manage project(s) time, cost and quality activities, in line with clients’ needs and RINA’s BMS to ensure project requirements are met;
• Manage delivery to a controlled plan and to required deadlines;
• Ensure application of thorough risk and issue management across the project(s); instigate mitigation actions, identify contingency plans and manage items through to conclusion;
• Baseline management – Develop, set and manage project baseline(s) – manage the reference levels against which a project is monitored and controlled;
• Schedule control – Identify, apply and evaluate schedule control techniques against a timetable; consider factors such as limited resources and estimating uncertainty;
• Analysis and reporting – Analyse and report data to develop a complete and accurate picture of the project(s) that will inform decisions regarding the management, quality and control of projects;
• Establish effective working relationships and communication with all key stakeholders (internal and external), including suppliers, and partners.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• At least three years’ work experience, of which at least 1 year spent in a project management capacity in a commercial organisation;
• Professional Services, Engineerign Services or Consulting experience is preferable;
• Although Aerospace & Defence domain experience is advantageous, we actively accept complimentary experiences from other high hazard domains such as Rail, Infrastructure, Energy, Pharmaceutical, Biological and other Engineering related sectors.
• Preferable working knowledge of design engineering methods and processes (i.e. systems engineering, software integration or cyber assurance);
• Well-developed planning and organisational skills including scope, risk, issue and change management;
• Resource and people management (including matrix management);
• Proven experience of owning, controlling and delivering projects to time, cost and quality;
• Some experience of stakeholder management, both internal and external;
• Professional qualification in project management, such as APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) or another recognised qualification (e.g. Prince2 or PMP).
• Current SC clearance or you must be a British citizen, willing to attain Security Clearance.

About RINA Aerospace & Defence UK:
RINA A&D UK has been awarded Gold status with the Armed Forces Covenant Employers Recognition Scheme and proudly supports those who serve.

RINA S&D UK is a key technical engineering partner to the Defence sector, providing a portfolio of consultancy services, including Safety, ILS, Training, Cyber Assurance, Systems Engineering and Data Science & Analytics. It has a proven track record and excellent reputation in supporting and improving performance for some of the military’s most technically advanced programmes on platforms including autonomous systems, submarine, surface ships, Chinook, Apache, Wildcat, and armoured vehicles.

RINA Group:

RINA is a 6,500 strong global engineering services firm, with a heritage in ship classification and Certification. It provides innovative safety related engineering services to Defence, energy, oil & gas, power, renewables and transport & infrastructure, operating out of 70 countries.

Why RINA:

We offer competitive salaries and pension contributions. You will enjoy a generous leave allowance, private medical care, life insurance and more. Our great financial benefits are only part of the attraction, you can expect quick integration and real opportunities for professional development (i.e. Chartership). As part of our growing global team you will work with world-class engineers. #LI-JB1

Benefits:

• As part of our growing global team you’ll find yourself working with world-class professionals and clients in a variety of market sectors. As well as that you will be rewarded with:

• 25 days leave (plus bank holidays)
• Option to buy more holiday
• Smart Working policy
• Professional development, support with qualifications (i.e. Chartership)
• Pay for professional membership
• Matched 6% pension
• Life Assurance
• Healthcare cover (Family can be added at an additional cost)
• Support of Military Reservists – 10 additional paid days
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee perks – retail discounts
• Attractive recruitment referral bonus

At RINA, we endeavor to create a work environment where every single person is valued and encouraged to develop new ideas. We provide equal employment opportunities and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and safe from discrimination or harassment of any kind.

Expected salary:

Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire

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