Project Manager

Jacobs

Bristol, United Kingdom

We are looking for Project Managers to become part of our expanding team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in helping our clients successfully deliver highly complex projects and programmes. While the position is primarily based in Bristol, our client requires that our team be available to work periodically from their facilities across the South West for 2 to 3 days per week with the rest of the week being hybrid/remote.

Key Responsibilities include:

Understand, and deliver in accordance with, organisational policies, processes, and procedures.
Support the development and assurance of business cases as part of wider approval processes.
Translate customer requirements into a defined project scope and manage this scope through effective change control.
Analyse, develop, support, and manage the timely and cost-effective delivery of client projects meeting business and environmental objectives.
Influence, support, and expedite client project delivery through effective planning, monitoring, controlling, and reporting of project performance.
Identify and effectively manage project assumptions and dependencies.
Support identification of slippage/risk and remedial or mitigating actions whilst ensuring compliance with all relevant safety, environmental and management procedures.
Champion the application of appropriate programme and project delivery strategies and commercial vehicles, which will secure a successful business outcome.
Ensure appropriate services to the project are co-ordinated and delivered through technical, engineering, project controls, commercial and financial support functions.
Promote and foster positive working relationships through effective stakeholder engagement planning and execution with internal and external stakeholders.
Maintain project records, information, and history accurately and in line with policy.
Ensure learning from experience and apply continuous improvement techniques to project delivery.

Here’s What You’ll Need:

Significant track record of successful delivering projects in line with time, cost, and quality constraints.
Able to operate autonomously, with authority, and skilled in developing and maintaining key relationships.
Consultancy focus with a proven history in identification and delivery of client requirements, and ability to scope wider business opportunities.
Expertise in P3M practices, methodologies, and techniques and their appropriate application to any given environment.
Highly skilled in the provision of coaching and mentoring.
Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a relevant subject.
APM PMQ qualification.
A strong knowledge of the Defence industry and working in a high-profile Tier 1, Prime and/or subcontractor organisation is desirable.
Member of the Association for Project Management (MAPM) would be advantageous.
Ideally a PRINCE2 or AGILE Practitioner qualification.
Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner is desirable but not essential.