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The Opportunity

• Pension: Award winning pension scheme (up to 10% employer contribution)
• Holidays: 25 days plus bank holidays, option to buy/sell leave and to accrue up to 12 additional flexi leave days per year
• Flexible Working: Flexible hours with hybrid working options. For part time opportunities, please talk to us
• Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme, access to Mental Health support, Financial wellbeing support, network groups
• Lifestyle: Discounted Gym membership, Cycle to work scheme
• Company funded flexible benefits: Access to private healthcare, dental schemes, Workplace ISA, Go Green Car Scheme, technology and lifestyle options (£500 annual allowance)
• Training: Free access to more than 4000 online courses via Coursera
• Referral Incentive: You can earn a reward for successfully referring a friend or family member
• Bonus: Scheme in place for all employees at management level and below

What you will do

• Responsible for leading and managing the project team Delivering the project to schedule, cost and quality
• Interfacing between the project and functional business areas to achieve the overall Project deliverables
• Demonstrating good communication and encouragement across functional business areas, for change
• Effective co-ordination of the project and the inter dependencies into the overall Programme
• Ensuring all activities are carried out in accordance with Leonardo Helicopters policies and processes
• Ensuring delivery of contract life cycle relevant to accountable project.
• Managing and production of the required deliverables proactively monitoring its progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action to achieve quality and schedule within budget
• Planning, designing and monitoring the project, preparing any project plans as required
• Identifying and obtaining support and advice required for the management, planning and control of the project
• Managing the projects budget, monitoring expenditure and costs and project administration
• Managing Authorisations and Profitability in line with level of accountability
• Identifying, capturing and managing risks, including the development of contingency plan, in accordance with LH policy and process
• Liaising with the programme management (if part of a programme) and related projects to ensure alignment and integration
• Engagement with IPTs, customers and vendors
• Applying change control and configuration management processes
• Liaise with project assurance representatives to assure the overall direction and integrity of the project
• Conducting project reviews and highlighting actions / recommendations to appropriate business area, ensuring good communication links
• Reporting the progress of the programme at regular intervals to the appropriate level of management both internally and to the customer
• Chair Internal Configuration Change Boards (CCB) and Configuration Implementation Boards (CIB) as required, supported by Configuration Management

What we are looking for

• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop good relationships within LH at appropriate levels and externally with the Customer at appropriate levels
• Ability to make decisions with limited facts
• The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
• Strong knowledge of key functional disciplines including Engineering, Operations, Customer Service and Training and Procurement
• Strong knowledge of aircraft design, test and manufacturing procedures
• Good direct and indirect team management skills, including recruitment, motivation and development
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
• Sound business case development knowledge and approvals skills
• Good understanding of the procurement process including negotiation with third parties
• Good knowledge of programme and project management methods, including Earned value management systems (EVMS) and Risk Management
• Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
• The ability to find ways of solving or pre-empting problems