The Role
As a Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of General Munitions and Complex Weapons Test and Evaluation Projects. The purpose of the Weapon Services IDT is to enable our customers to reduce the cost of ownership and accelerate adoption of capability advantage of UK weapons and munitions via live testing and digital twins, providing an assured evidence base through a shared digital thread.
Day-to-day, you’ll be responsible for delivering High Hazard activities working closely with the Operations and Engineering teams. This includes testing and processing of live weapons and energetics. The scope of the IDT includes the delivery of Weapon Services across the Land Ranges, Environmental Test Centre (ETC) and Fort Halstead and occasionally Trials at some of the LTPA sites such as Shoeburyness, Pendine or Eskmeals.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Development and maintenance of positive engagement with portfolio customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders
2. Partnering with the Operations and Engineering leadership teams to ensure a collegiate and efficient approach to the delivery of portfolio outcomes
3. Ensuring the delivery of orders, revenue and margin (ORM) portfolio targets for weapons in line with IDT performance objectives
4. Maintaining resource demand requirements for your projects portfolio in line with ORM and Operational Business Planning (OBP)
5. Application of governance requirements (including lifecycle, project & independent reviews as appropriate) for programme area
6. Reporting progress on all accountabilities to the Programme Manager (or their delegate) AND Ensuring correct entry of data onto SAP C4C (opportunity register), and` maintain this data to reflect any changes in key inputs including: Order Value, Order Intake Scenario, (Low, Base, High), Bid Due date, Closing Date, Sales Stage, Margin, Revenue Profile and up to date notes
Essential experience of the Project Manager:
7. Good leadership experience, with an ability to influence and align others towards a common purpose, and to empower & inspire people to achieve success
8. Excellent communication skills
9. Strong Stakeholder Management experience, having experience identifying, planning and implementing actions to positively engage parties with an interest in, or influence over, the programme outcomes
10. Good Negotiation & Conflict Management experience
11. Experience of Change Management
Essential qualifications for the Project Manager:
12. Appropriate Project Management Qualification from professional association e.g. attained or working towards IPMA Level A or B, APM, APM RPP or ChPP, MSP Practitioner
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week based at Fort Halstead. Hybrid working patterns are available.
Our facilities at Fort Halstead, located in Kent, focus on a wide range of defence-related research, particularly weapons systems and military technology. Modern laboratories enable engineers and scientists to conduct high-tech research in material science, systems engineering, and advanced simulation techniques.
Why Join QinetiQ?
As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.
As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.
Our Benefits
13. Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
14. Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
15. Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
16. Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
17. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
18. Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community
Our Recruitment Process:
We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.