Draken Europe offers exciting careers that matter. We believe that mission success does not start with the mission itself. It begins with our people. Draken also believes in fair reward and recognition for our employees. As such, we offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including up to 12% matching pension contributions, bonus incentives, discounted PMI, electric car scheme, tech vouchers, wellbeing programmes and much more. The Role We are currently recruiting for a Project Manager to support a major customer Operational Readiness Training programme through managing the delivery of a wide variety of internal and customer work packages and projects. This is an exciting opportunity to join a large programme supporting Operational Readiness Training to UK Armed Forces and is based at our Bournemouth site. Many of the projects are for enhancements to airborne mission systems and will require the successful candidate to invest time in understanding both the regulatory environment and the technical solution. Whilst an apprenticeship or degree in a relevant engineering or physical science discipline would be useful, it is not a requirement for the role. The role will require some travel within the UK and possibly overseas. The successful candidate can expect t work on areas such as: • Electronic Warfare Systems • Communication Systems and Connectivity • Aircraft Platform Systems • Business Improvement Key Responsibilities Deliver project and/or work packages to agreed time, cost and quality parameters. Organise, plan, estimate, coordinate and lead the project resources and activities. Manage and motivate the project team. Manage risks and issues proactively. Ensure effective and open communication throughout the project team and with stakeholders. Manage relationships with key customer personnel. Manage and deliver the required deliverables for each project, phase or stage. Tracking, updating and reporting progress and or variance. Support PMO delivery, reporting and improvements. Supporting business wide change and improvement. Experience / skills / qualifications Application of project and change management processes, controls, tools and skills. Engagement of people across business in project requirements to ensure resources are always applied to meet business priorities. Generation and delivery of all required project metrics/reports to the standard required and in a timely fashion. Proactive identification, justification and ownership of improvement ideas and opportunities for beneficial change. Provision of support to overall Programme, utilising appropriate frameworks, processes and measures. Our employee values Draken is committed to eliminating unlawful and unfair discrimination and we celebrate the differences that a diverse workforce brings. A range of perspective and talent supports our values and drives our success, with a mix of voices generating better discussions, business decisions and outcomes for all. At all our sites internationally, every member of the Draken Europe team is accountable to ensure that we are all treated fairly and with respect. We are also an Armed Forces friendly organisation, and as part of our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant, welcome applications from veterans and services spouses and partners who met the criteria in our job specifications. In line with our Disability Confident Commitments, we provide reasonable adjustments to facilitate our interview process, please liaise with us if any reasonable adjustments are required. About You About Us Whether it is adversarial support, electronic attack or customised rotary-wing training, we offer the most accurate and advanced readiness training in the industry. Our vast, differentiated fleet, cutting edge hardware and experienced instructors are engaged to help your mission take off. Being ready is not only a matter of when. But where. We provide services in the UK, US and across the NATO countries. Making sure that our allies can manoeuvre around defeat and prepare to prevail.