Project Manager

Morson are recruiting a Project Manager with bid experience for a 6 month+ contract with our Filton based aerospace client. The PM will have technical knowledge of engineering or aerospace, experience with public funding projects would be preferred. The PM will support a bid for public funding, set up the project governance and then monitor and control the project to ensure successful delivery.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: 

• Support preparation of a significant bid for a UK public funded contract.
• Establish a clear project structure including WBS, Schedule, FCAC and Risk Register.
• Integrate the planning of a multi-functional team (Engineering, Plant, Procurement, Manufacturing Engineering, …..) and manage interfaces with other Workpackages.
• Engage with external contributing partners, defining clear expectations, collating inputs and facilitating workshops.
• Ensure that interdependencies between the Wing of Tomorrow Programme and the Public funded project are identified and agreed in UP-3P Project management tool.
• Monitor & Control progress across internal functions and partners / suppliers, identify deviations and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliant configuration management of the deliverables, reporting status to the Monitoring Officer.

Experience of R&T and working on public-funded projects is preferred.
Experience of working with wing structures is preferred.
The applicant should be autonomous, with excellent communication skills, displaying an ability to take initiative with a pragmatic mindset.
A good knowledge of aerospace engineering and industrial processes.
Good team spirit.