Assistant Project Manager

Job Description

Assistant Project Manager / Project Manager

Location:

Glasgow - hybrid working arrangement (3 days per week on site)

Are you towards the beginning of a career within Project Management, looking for your next role to build on your career? Would you like to work for a world-renowned department that research, develop and supply technology and services that impact the lives of millions of people each day to make life better and keep us safer? Then look no further…

What the role has to offer:
We have a great opportunity in Thales Optronics and Missile Electronic (OME) for an Assistant / Project Manager to join the expanding team.
This is a really exciting opportunity to work closely with both internal and external customers
You will be responsible for supporting Senior Project Managers on highly complex projects.
Exposure to a cutting-edge, diverse product offering and project portfolio in a growing industry
Opportunity to work in an exciting, dynamic and fast moving environment

Core Benefits:
On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;
Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
24 hours volunteering paid for
Pension scheme
Life cover
24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
Gym membership discounts

Key Roles and Responsibilities:
Deliver the key results and performance metrics the projects, including order intake, sales, gross margin and cash.
Creation of the initial Project Plan during the bid or “Demand” phase of the lifecycle through requirement capture, work definition, estimating and scheduling that will include all Milestones, activities, resources and any other feature that will require to be delivered.
Governance (the Gate and Stage Processes) over the bid and project delivery activities to ensure project, technical, procurement and support processes are applied and are effective in controlling risks.
Ensure all business planning and reporting is published in accordance with Business directives e.g. Project Management reviews (PMR), Business Operations Report (BOR) and On Time Delivery (OTD).
Quality, Cost & Delivery performance through close working with other functions.
Manage project stakeholders; ensuring strong communications are established and maintained.

About You:
We are ideally looking for someone who is towards the beginning of their career in Project Management, who has established the basics and is looking for their next step up. You may have had experience in a Project Support, Project Coordinator, or Assistant Project Management role.
Experience working in a complex, multidisciplinary, multi-site organisation.
Client and stakeholder management skills.
Basic understanding of generic processes and techniques used to schedule project activities (for example; WBS, OBS, milestones, dependencies , EVM).