Training and Simulations Project Manager

Title: Training & Simulations Project Manager

Location: Bristol

Salary: Competitive

Contract Type: Permanent

**The successful candidate will need to have valid or be elligible for UK SC Clearance**

Description:
To provide internal project management and project support for a number of Simulation & Training System delivery projects, for clients in the UK and overseas. The role will also deliver support to bid activities for new Simulation & Training projects in the Defence sector.

Responsibilities:

• Assist Programme/Portfolio Manager with the management of projects and bids, to include the following:
• Produce bid material, including cost estimates and proposal documents
• Plan and schedule projects
• Allocate and manage tasks with project delivery teams
• Attend and manager regular meetings with project delivery teams to track progress. This may include meetings with customers and subcontractors who are part of the delivery team
• Generation of a monthly project pack, including key metrics and information on project progress (e.g. financial status)
• Identify, manage and track project risks and opportunities
• Keep registers of Customer Furnished Equipment/Information and customer dependencies
• Ensure that project documentation is correctly configuration controlled
• Ensure that deliverable items are correctly issued to the customer on time
• Capture and issue meeting minutes
• Generate purchase orders for equipment and subcontracts
• The job will require liaison with external parties, including the customer, subcontractors and suppliers
• The candidate will be required to work both individually, and within a team environment of multi-disciplined specialists and engineering disciplines, to achieve project results and customer deliverables in a timely and accurate manner.
• Engage in Continued Professional Development including attendance at internal and external training courses relevant to the job

Key Result Areas:

Project Management, to Include Customer Interfacing: (70%)

• Carry out project management work in compliance with the Business Management System.
• Agree, allocate and manage tasks with the project delivery team and keep track on progress
• Produce project deliverables to budget and timescale and quality.
• Generate monthly internal project reporting packs to report on project progress to senior management.

Bid and Enquiry Support: (30%)

• Support Bid Managers in accordance with their requirements in compliance with the Business Management System.
• Produce Bid documentation and cost estimates within bid budgets and timescales.
• Schedule and provide input into Bid Reviews and Pricing and Approval meetings as appropriate to the bid scope and programme

Required:

• Experience working in a bid environment
• Experience working in a secure environment (SC or above)
• Project Management experience
• Working in a defence media environment preferred

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