Project Manager

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Project Manager

Full Time

Winsford/Hybrid

Job Description

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to join the Commercial and Programmes team based at our Winsford site. As a Project Manager you will manage the day to day running of assigned contracts for customer projects within the defence and other regulated industry sectors in the UK and overseas.

What you will be doing:

• Monitor, control and manage the overall project performance to address deviations from plan in line with company standard processes.
• Influencing and management of key internal and external project/programme stakeholders.
• Regular reporting and updating to convey ideas, expectations, and information to the project team, stakeholders, and clients.
• Support or lead, where appropriate, the drafting, negotiating and amendment of allocated proposals and contracts in accordance with all relevant processes.

Key responsibilities:​

• Overall accountability: Responsible for delivering the project on time, within budget, and to quality/scope.​
• Planning & execution: Develops the overall project strategy, defines scope, builds the schedule (with coordinator support).​
• Leadership: Leads the project team, manages stakeholders, motivates people, and resolves conflicts.​
• Decision-making: Approves changes, manages risks and issues, and decides on trade-offs (time vs cost vs scope).​
• Stakeholder engagement: Communicates with sponsors, customers, executives, and external parties.​
• Authority: Owns the project budget, resources, and final delivery.​

Position Qualifications

• Relevant Project Management qualification such as AMP or equivalent experience working within a similar role
• Proven track record in project management, achieving and exceeding targets
• Strong in strategic and analytical thinking, taking initiative, managing challenges in changing business environment
• Excellent networking and stakeholder management.
• High integrity, good work ethics, strong drive, customer focus

Preferred requirements :

• Bid Management and Estimating experience
• MS Project or Equivalent
• Experience with single source or NEC contracts
• Engineering OR Manufacturing background

You must be a UK National to be considered for the position due to the nature of this role.

Power Systems is the Rolls-Royce business which provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalisation and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.

We deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These technologically advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

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