Air Personnel are looking for a Project Management Office Manager to join their client in Kidlington.
Description/Overall purpose of the Job of Project Management Office Manager
The PMO manager is required to oversee the project managements team and ensure on time delivery of projects within the Customisation Centre portfolio.
The project portfolio consists of military projects as well as civil and Para public (i.e., police, Air ambulance, national grid etc.)
The successful applicant will Lead the PMO team at Oxford who specialise in both new build aircraft and retrofitting in service aircraft as the Project managers line management.
Main responsibilities of the Project Management Office Manager
Accountable for portfolio on time delivery KPI.
Ownership of the Integrated master schedule.
EVM and EAC reviews.
Line Management of the Project management team.
Day to day management of any projects assigned.
Planning, scheduling and de-confliction of all projects in the portfolio.
Identification of resource issues.
Controlling work package activities between multifunctional teams.
Monitoring spends and schedule adherence of assigned projects.
Reporting, both internally and to the customer.
Risk monitoring, Mitigation and control.
Knowledge and Skills of a Project Management Office Manager
Essential
Previous management of project managers.
Project planning and controls.
Earned Value Management.
Experience as a PM with MoD as a customer.
Understanding of EASA, UK CAA and UK MAA.
Commercial understanding.
Desirable
Background within an aviation engineering environment.
Experience with Primavera P6.
Experience with SAP.
Experience within a customer facing role.
Experience in a UKCAA PT21 environment.
Education, Qualifications or Training
Essential
Formal Project Management training at practitioner level - APMP, Prince 2 etc.
Background in Aviation.
UK driving license.
Desirable
Formal aviation engineering background is desirable but not essential.
About you
Excellent communication and presentation skills are needed.
You will need to have strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
Self-motivated.
Drive to deliver on time.
Ability to dissect large problems into achievable goals.
Additional requirements
Due to the nature of this position you will require DBS Security Clearance and have current SC clearance.
Applicants must meet any/all requirements of Export Compliance Regulations.
Applicants must be willing to travel as part of the role. (10% Travel required)
The role is based on site at Oxford airport, Kidlington. Remote working is not available for this role.
Current SC clearance is a mandatory requirement.
Please call Michelle for further details or apply via your CV