Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Portsmouth
Clearance: SC Required
Nationality: British National
Contract: 12 Months (Potential Extension)
Hours: 37 hours per week over 4.5 days between 07:00 - 19:00 (business discretion)
IR35: Off-payroll working rules apply

Rates: Up to £50.84 per hour Umbrella Inside IR35

Interview Process:

• Stage 1: Virtual Interview
• Stage 2: Face-to-Face Interview

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex programmes within a highly regulated engineering environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering projects On Quality, On Time and On Cost (OQOTOC) , driving collaboration across multifunctional teams while maintaining strong customer relationships, robust governance and effective project controls.

This position is ideally suited to a proven Project Manager with experience managing schedules, budgets, risks and stakeholders in complex project environments. Aerospace experience would be advantageous but is not essential.

Key Responsibilities
Project Delivery

• Lead cross-functional teams to successfully deliver projects against quality, schedule and cost objectives.
• Ensure compliance with company governance, Business Management System (BMS) requirements, health and safety regulations, and project management processes.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing project environment.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and key stakeholders.
• Act as the primary customer interface for project activities.
• Manage customer expectations, negotiate changes and provide regular project updates.
• Identify potential issues affecting customer satisfaction and implement mitigation plans.

Planning & Resource Management

• Define project scope, deliverables and requirements.
• Develop and maintain Project Management Plans (PMPs).
• Create Work Breakdown Structures and detailed project schedules.
• Identify resource, material, equipment and facility requirements.
• Ensure projects are fully costed, resourced and aligned to delivery milestones.

Communication & Reporting

• Provide clear, accurate and timely communication to stakeholders.
• Produce regular project status reports.
• Escalate risks, issues and corrective actions when required.
• Ensure project objectives, responsibilities and priorities are clearly understood across the team.

Risk & Schedule Management

• Maintain project risk registers and mitigation plans.
• Monitor project performance against milestones and deliverables.
• Ensure project schedules remain current and reflect any changes or risks.
• Forecast resource requirements and support effective planning.

Financial Management

• Manage project budgets and expenditure.
• Maintain financial control and accurate forecasting.
• Produce monthly financial reports and performance updates.
• Ensure projects deliver value while remaining within approved budgets.

Quality Management

• Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Identify root causes of quality issues and drive corrective actions.
• Capture lessons learned and implement improvements across future projects.
• Monitor and report the impact of non-quality on project performance.

Conflict Resolution

• Resolve project-related conflicts and challenges.
• Escalate issues appropriately to minimise impact on delivery objectives.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience managing complex projects from initiation through to delivery.
• Strong stakeholder and customer management skills.
• Experience managing project schedules, budgets, resources and risks.
• Excellent communication and reporting abilities.
• Experience working within structured project management environments.
• Knowledge of recognised project management methodologies such as PMBOK and PMI principles.
• Experience working with or alongside a PMO.

Desirable Experience

• Aerospace, defence or engineering sector experience.
• Professional project management qualifications.
• Experience operating within highly regulated environments.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan