Project Manager at Expleo in Bristol, England, GB

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

As part of Expleo’s continued growth strategy, we are looking for Project Managers to join our team to support customers in the Aerospace and Defence sectors.

The role will include planning and commercial modelling for bids in addition to the management of project(s) working with engineering technical leads covering multi-disciplinary Product Design solutions and services to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Actively manage both risk and opportunities
• Manage a variety of complex projects and bids
• Act as primary point of contact for customers
• Report to Management on the progress and performance of the project
• Manage sub-contractors, ensuring flow through of customer requirements and supplier performance
• Manage all project stakeholders; ensuring strong communications are established and maintained
• Ensure a relevant Project Management Plan complete with resource plan are fully maintained
• Coaching and Mentoring of Junior Project Managers

Qualifications

• Engineering or Business Degree/diploma would be advantageous (beneficial IPMA/Prince/APM/PMI qualified)

Essential skills

• Customer-focused balanced with recognising the need for governance
• Ability to establish and meet deadlines, multi-task and prioritise
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong planning and delivery orientation
• Full business lifecycle management, including capture, qualification and developing capture plans and winning strategies

Experience

• Experience in bids and projects.

What do I need before I apply

• Based in the Bristol area

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges

• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects

• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses

• Competitive company benefits

• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo

• As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:

  • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
  • Communicating and promoting vacancies
  • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
  • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
  • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive