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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Engineering Project Support Officer to join the team with our prestigious client on the Isle of Wight
The Engineering Project Support Officer for this new Defence development project will support the Programme Manager and Engineering Leaders to develop the initial project schedule, scope, technology content and then assist the Integrated Project Team to plan and deliver the project. As Engineering Project Support Officer you will be part of the multidisciplinary programme team and working together with other team members like Commercial Officers, Design and Manufacturing Engineers, Technologists etc. Your primary role is the execution of activities associated with schedule, planning and project management, progress reporting, monitoring and control. You will have frequent contact with engineering and production departments internally as well as within our customer. The project will operate from our facilities in Bristol and the Isle of Wight.
Job Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain the project technical schedules and planning.
- Analyse requested customer schedule changes for impact to our business activities and advise mitigations/options.
- Administrate customer project portals.
- Report on a pre-defined set of KPI's and take measures in case of deviations.
- Control and monitor on progress, scope, costs, resource management for the project.
- Support the Programme Manager and Engineering Leadership team in reporting and Risk & Opportunity management.
- Initiate continuous improvement actions based on analytics.
- Assist with standardising and optimising ways of working.
- Other related duties as required.
How You'll Contribute
To help us make a difference, you'll bring your passion and talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
Essential:
- Demonstrable experience of the ability to create, manage and execute a project plan.
- A high level of accuracy in performing your work.
- A strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Power Point).
- Experience within an engineering or production company.
Desirable:
- Engineering or technical degree at Bachelors level.
- Experience with working in ERP/PLM systems (e.g. BaaN, SAP, Windchill, Teamcentre).
- Either completed or registered for acknowledged Programme Management Certification.
- Experience within Aerospace manufacturing.
We are looking for people who want to make a difference, talented members with the skills and passions to become the best of the future in what they do. The Engineering Project Support Officer will be customer focused and have a proactive attitude. The successful person will interact with and involve all relevant stakeholders and have good communication skills and an ability to change communication style where needed.
The position requires UK National Security Vetting SC clearance due to the nature and responsibilities of the work carried out. In order for us to obtain SC clearance, you usually need to have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years to current date (but we do assess each case individually).
