Project Manager

Competitive salary and remuneration package including, 27 days holiday, pension contributions matched up to 9%,
Cambridge based the role has the opportunity for hybrid working
Marshall, an independent, family–owned British company, proudly helping our customers move forwards since 1909

Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role?

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager, to join our Land Systems team in a role that executes a variety project management tasks within a Joint PMO and manages all aspects of RAIDO (Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies and Opportunities) and Benefits Management on a GBP700M electronic countermeasures System Integration and Support programme for our MoD customer. As well as working on this important project for Marshall, you will be integrated within the customer–facing programme delivery team alongside our Partner (Defence Prime) organisations.

With the size and complexity of this high profile Programme, it provides the opportunity to shape the future of our business and successful execution will drive growth. This is also a fascinating opportunity to be a part of major defence projects within a growing Company where you will see really tangible end–products.

Your responsibilities include:

Represent Marshall Land Systems within the prime contractor consortium project management team, and directly to the MoD end customer, to drive the project's success.
Embedded with a joint PMO with the end customer and our prime contractor consortium, perform a variety of project management tasks as required.
Define clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for the project, documenting these in a RACI matrix in the Project Management Plan (PMP).
Create and maintain a risk management plan for the programme.
Maintain and manage a RAIDO log, interacting with the MoD customer and the stakeholders across the consortium for the various sub–projects as required.
Create and maintain a benefits management plan for the programme.
Identify opportunities afforded by customer scope growth to increase contract worth.

For this role you will have had a range of project management experience and be comfortable professionally representing the organisation to a variety of external stakeholders. We are looking for someone who is pro–active and capable of elaborating and completing a variety of project management tasks from high level direction only, planning how to execute the tasks, collaborating with stakeholders to agree the plan, then executing it.

Apply if you have most of the following:

Pro–active manager comfortable with driving tasks through to completion using your own initiative.
Degree or equivalent by relevant experience
Demonstrable track record of project management best practice.
Minimum 3 years Project Management & Controls experience, including some experience in the area of Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependency, Opportunity and Benefits Management
APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ), or PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) would be beneficial
Customer–facing or Project Management Consulting experience would be beneficial.
Experience within a defence context is desirable but not essential.
This role will require the ability to gain security clearance to work on UK national programmes.

The benefits we will offer you include:

27 days holiday increasing with service up to 30 days (option to buy /sell)
Pension contributions up to 9%
Private medical insurance for you and your partner
Extensive flexible benefit program including Cycle to Work
Life assurance at 4x basic salary
Enhanced parental leave and pay
Paid volunteering leave
Access to industry leading wellbeing resources and tools

Additional local needs:

Ability to travel in the UK and Overseas
Obtaining SC Clearance is essential

Based in the UK, with operations in Canada, Marshall Land Systems specialises in the design and production of deployable operational infrastructure and mission support for humanitarian, defence and security operations across the globe.

Other core services include the integration of complex systems into a range of vehicles for use by the military and security services including explosive ordnance disposal and battlefield ambulances all underpinned by a full in–life managed service provision to ensure customers' equipment is available where and when they need it.