Maritime Services

We serve and protect those who serve and protect us. Attracting and retaining the sharpest minds is essential for a globally competitive UK Maritime Services Business. Our aim is to recruit the very best talent. At BAE we want to be the leading employer in defence and security for valuing diversity and inclusion. We care about difference in all forms and want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently under-represented within our industry, including women, people from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to be a preferred home for veterans and reservists.

At BAE Systems we are committed to supporting work life balance for all our employees and embrace a range of modern working practices, which aim to enhance flexibility for individuals whilst also enabling business performance. Flexibility provisions vary by role, but include; hybrid working arrangements, flexible working patterns and shift working.

Our Maritime Services Business

Join us and help to define the future of global maritime defence capabilities. With approximately 3,500 employees based at five UK locations and revenue of £600million, we pride ourselves on employing the best professionals around and offer significant opportunities for committed employees to learn and grow with us.

Our people are encouraged to be as creative as they can be and are always looking at ways to develop and challenge the way we do things, identifying and prioritising continuous improvement activities across the business.

With our international programmes and core support to the Ministry of Defence our highly skilled teams design, develop, support and maintain a wide range of complex equipment.

Join us and the projects you'll be involved in will positively impact our customers for decades to come. You'll be part of something important; something you can be proud of.

Senior PM&C Project Professional

Would you like to apply specialist knowledge to guide and instruct others in their application of planning, monitoring and control processes? We currently have a vacancy for a Senior PM&C Project Professional at our site in Birkenhead, however other locations considered as well as flexible working arrangements.

As a Senior PM&C Project Professional, you will be will operating planning, monitoring and control processes on a medium to large project, or be responsible for some aspects of planning, monitoring and control, for example scheduling, on a larger and more complex project. The role may report to a Lead planning, monitoring and control professional, or to the project's Head of planning, monitoring and control or directly to the Project/Programme Manager.

This role will provide you with exposure to senior stakeholders within the business.

Your main responsibilities as a Senior PM&C Project Professional will involve:

• Knowledge and understanding of their line of business or project
• Broad PM&C experience demonstrated in within a significant business or project.
• Extensive, expert level understanding of one or more PM&C tools techniques and practices.
• Knowledge of the PM&C capability landscape (including with Professional institutions I.e. APM or similar)
• Knowledge and understanding of the Business environment for Line of Business or project.
• Knowledge and experience of PM&C governance and assurance processes such as Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBRs).
• Experience of influencing stakeholders inside the company to achieve business success.
• Ability to capture, and share best practice
• Roles typically requires a broad PM&C experience and an extensive amount of practical knowledge gained through experience.

Your skills and qualifications:

Essential

• Previous planning, monitoring and control experience
• Demonstrable experience working with Project Manager and Program Managers
• Strong stakeholder management skills

Desirable

• Experience with any project tools such as Microsoft Project or a scheduling tool
• Strong Excel skills would be advantageous, even use of the full suite as the role may require using this heavily

What we are looking for in you:

You should have good communication and stakeholder engagement, as you will need to be able to motivate and influence others. You should be competent in the procedures surrounding planning, monitoring and control. You should also be able to exchange complicated information such as information with engineering staff about the potential schedule impact of engineering risks.

Location: Birkenhead, however other locations considered as well as flexible working arrangements

Salary: Up to £42,530 depending on skills and experience

Benefits:

Our employees receive an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive pension scheme, enhanced annual leave allowance and a Company contributed Share Incentive Plan. We also offer a range of additional benefits such as flexible working, an employee assistance programme, Cycle2work and many local and national employee discounts. Some employees may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and/or your place of birth may limit those roles that you can perform for the organisation.