Project Management Business Partner

MERITUS are recruiting for a Project Management Business Partner to work on aerospace engineering projects from our client's site in Broughton, Flintshire. This is NOT an IT related role, we are specifically looking for a Manufacturing or Engineering Project Manager.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT BUSINESS PARTNER - INSIDE IR35 - £40.18 PER HOUR - 12 MONTHS - 35 HOURS PER WEEK - EARLY FINISH FRIDAY'S - ENGINEERING / MANUFACTURING - BROUGHTON, FLINTSHIRE - ONSITE - OCCASSIONAL EUROPEAN TRAVEL - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

As the successful candidate, your main activities will include:

• Ensuring VSM projects are supported with a strong Project Management Expertise and that appropriate Project & Programme Management structure, governance and practices are applied. The scope of involvement will span across the streams of the VSM team.
• Working with the VSM project leaders & project organisation on a day to day basis.
• Raising the understanding and acceptance of best practice project management within the VSM teams by coaching and providing awareness sessions, challenging project leaders where needed.
• Shaping methods and tools in accordance with PM standards to the needs of the project / activity.
• Supporting efficient communication and stakeholder management, ensuring that activities are aligned with interfacing projects and operations.
• Promoting Agile WoW and acting as Scrum Master for project activities where needed.
• Establishing E2E project plans and controlling all changes versus the initial baseline. Identifying associated Earned Value Management (EVM) milestones and project critical paths.
• Tracking performance versus plan throughout the project lifecycle. Analysing project information to anticipate deviations from target and proposing preventive / corrective actions to support project level decision making. Providing clear and regular reporting throughout all project phases.
• Driving the Risk & Opportunity Management process in line with the existing R&OM plan. Owning the associated R&O register and regularly providing the Project Leader & A320 Family Risk Officer with the current risk and opportunity status.
• Jointly working with Finance to compare cost incurred and time spent for progress achieved against current planning.
• Preparing and publishing of reports as required. Defining and delivering relevant KPls & dashboards for effective performance management. Contributing to all team reviews as required. Preparing and supporting project management reviews (PRM, Operational meetings etc.).
• Implementing smart digital solutions within the VSM for automated reporting, KPI generation, and planning. Working with PALANTIR tools (SkyWise) to create required data sets and analyses. Using advanced business tools (e.g. PALANTIR, G-Suite, Gemini (AI), QlikSense, KPI Factory, SAP, Unified Planning) to increase transparency, minimise manual operations and to enable faster and better decision making.

This role may involve occasional travel for business and as such you must be able to travel accordingly.

Skills & Competencies

You will be able to demonstrate some of the following skills and competencies:

Skills:

• Strong facilitation skills for leading, coaching, motivating & enabling the team.
• Excellent data management and visualisation skills including Palantir tools.
• Ability to listen, understand and respond in a constructive manner.
• Ability to negotiate, influence and to manage conflicts.
• Willingness and ability to handle changes on a day-to-day basis.
• Challenge mind-set, ability to speak up.
• Interested in deploying new ways of working.

Competencies:

• Educated to Degree in Engineering, Project Management, Business administration or other.
• At least 5-10 years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience in Project Management in a complex organisation for more than 2 years.
• Background in at least 2 functions (e.g. Procurement, Engineering, ICT, Quality, Supply Chain, Operations) in Project and Programme Management roles.
• Good working knowledge and experience of Aircraft production / Aircraft engineering.
• Experience of working with suppliers.
• Knowledge of relevant European legislation (e.g. REACH), substances regulations.
• Holder of our client's PM Certification – Bronze level / PMP® / PRINCE certification.
• Good working knowledge of a variety of our client's systems and tools.
• Knowledge and experience in Agile PM methodologies (Scrum, SAFe ...).
• Experience in stakeholder management, ability to engage skills of different functions.
• Negotiation level of English; German, French and/or Chinese skills appreciated.