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Senior Project Manager

Job Posted: a month ago

Salary: £ 70,000 - 80,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Yateley, Hampshire

Expire in: 15 hours

Job Description

MERITUS are recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join our client in the next 6 weeks in a permanent position to support subsea defence programmes. *PLEASE NOTE* YOU MUST POSSESS EXISTING SC CLEARANCE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE. If you do not have active SC Clearance, you will be rejected for the position.

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - Up to £80,000 per annum - UNDERWATER/SUBSEA SYSTEMS - SC CLEARED - YATELEY, HAMPSHIRE - PERMANENT - SECTOR: DEFENCE / SUBSEA

MERITUS are working with a specialist defence technology organisation at the forefront of next-generation underwater capability development.

Operating across highly complex defence programmes, they deliver advanced integrated solutions supporting autonomous and increasingly automated underwater platforms for global defence customers.

They are now seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead high-value defence projects through the full lifecycle - from concept and requirements definition through to delivery, acceptance and customer handover.

This is an opportunity to work directly with cutting-edge defence technologies and industry-leading technical partners, helping deliver mission-critical capability into operational environments.

The Role

As Senior Project Manager, you will take ownership of complex defence equipment and capability delivery programmes, ensuring projects are delivered:

On time
Within budget
To contractual and technical quality standards
In line with customer and regulatory expectationsYou will work closely with internal engineering teams, subcontractors, defence customers and senior stakeholders to drive successful programme execution across multiple concurrent workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and manage detailed project plans, milestones and delivery schedules
Monitor programme performance and implement corrective action where required
Manage project budgets, forecasting and commercial performance
Identify, assess and mitigate programme risks using formal risk management processes
Coordinate subcontractors and external SME delivery against contractual commitments
Lead project governance reviews, status reporting and stakeholder communication
Manage contract change requests, amendments and variations
Support bid and proposal activity including planning, costing and resource forecasting
Build strong long-term customer relationships across defence stakeholders
Mentor project teams and promote project management best practice across the business

What We're Looking For

Essential Experience

Proven experience delivering complex defence or engineering programmes
Strong full lifecycle project delivery experience (concept through delivery)
Experience operating within V-Model delivery environments
Strong understanding of gated project governance / stage-gate delivery
Budget ownership, forecasting and commercial oversight experience
Strong stakeholder management across technical and commercial functions
Experience managing third-party suppliers / subcontractors
Strong risk and issue management capability
Excellent communication and leadership skills

Desirable

Previous underwater, maritime, sonar, subsea, autonomy or naval systems experience
Experience supporting defence bids / capture activity
Business case development experience
Formal PM qualification (PRINCE2, APM PMQ, PMP)

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