Overview In this role you will support and deliver complex engineering, technology and research projects for a defence-focused organisation. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to plan, track, and govern projects, managing risks and ensuring quality. The position offers hands-on experience across planning, delivery, and stakeholder engagement in a technically driven environment. You will contribute to continuous improvement and take ownership of key activities, with a clear pathway to develop your project management career.
Pay / Benefits Responsibilities - Support planning and delivery of projects to time, cost and quality objectives
- Develop project plans, timelines and resource schedules
- Track milestones and identify risks or delays
- Support resource planning and team utilization
- Maintain project documentation, reports and meeting records
- Organise and facilitate project meetings and follow-ups
- Support risk, issue and opportunity management
- Assist with budget monitoring and procurement activities
- Collaborate with internal teams, customers, subcontractors and partners
- Ensure deliverables meet quality standards
- Contribute to continuous improvement of PM processes
- Own assigned activities and manage priorities
Key requirements - Experience supporting or managing projects in engineering, technology, product development, research or consultancy
- A relevant degree and/or equivalent professional experience
- A recognised project management qualification (APM, PMI or PRINCE2) or working towards one
- Strong planning, coordination and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Proactive, self-managed with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong organisation and time-management
- Effective communication under pressure
- Proactive problem-solving
- Project planning and scheduling
- Risk and issue management
- Stakeholder management
