Job Title:  Project Manager

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project plans and schedules, ensuring delivery against approved scope, cost, quality, and schedule commitments. 

• Manage project deliverables against contractual requirements, milestones, acceptance criteria, and customer commitments, escalating potential delivery impacts as required. 

• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including commercial, engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and support functions. 

• Track project performance using appropriate tools and KPIs, escalating risks and variances as needed. 

• Develop and maintain project documentation, including project charters, schedules, risk registers, and status reports. 

• Support proposal and bid activities by contributing to project plans, estimates, and schedules. 

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment. 

• Ensure compliance with all contractual, regulatory, and security requirements, particularly those specific to the defence industry. 

• Monitor and control project budgets, forecasts, costs, and financial performance, identifying variances and implementing or escalating corrective actions as required. 

• Manage project change control processes, ensuring impacts to scope, schedule, and cost are assessed, approved, and communicated. 

• Lead project closeout activities, including completion of deliverables, lessons learned, financial closure, and transition of outstanding actions. 

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in project delivery processes. 

• Identify, assess, track, and manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID), developing mitigation and recovery actions and escalating where required. 

• Manage stakeholder engagement and expectations across internal and external groups 

• Support and adhere to project governance frameworks, including PLF, stage gates and reporting requirements. 

• Strong knowledge and practical application of traditional, Agile, and hybrid project management methodologies. 

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail 

• Demonstrated ability to engage, influence, and maintain effective relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders 

• Ability to work flexibly to meet changing customer and business needs 

• Proficient user of Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools, including Project Insight and Jira. 

• Familiarity with change management principles and leading through transformation (desirable) 

Education/Work Experience Requirements:  

• Bachelor's degree in business management, Engineering, or related field from a recognized institution (or equivalent work experience). 

• 3–5 years of progressively responsible project management experience, including demonstrated experience independently managing project scope, schedule, cost, risk, and stakeholder requirements. 

Additional Desirable Assets  

• Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or equivalent is considered an asset. 

• Strong understanding of project governance, risk management, and cost/schedule control  

• Experience working within a structured PMO and project governance environment. 

• Experience in defence, aerospace, uncrewed systems, or other highly regulated industries, with an understanding of defence customers, markets, and operating environments, is desirable. 

Travel Requirements