B&P Manager - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Salary: Circa £60,000 depending on experience

Dynamic (hybrid) working: 1 day per week on-site due to workload classification

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship

Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company bonus: Up to £2,500 (based on company performance and will vary year to year)
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Overtime: opportunity for paid overtime
• Flexi Leave: Up to 15 additional days
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more…
• Healthcare Cash Plan: The Healthcare Cash Plan benefit provides the option to claim cash back on everyday healthcare expenses such as optical, dental, health and wellbeing and more.

The opportunity:

The Meteor weapon system is a Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM). Meteor is a multi-national program with six partner nations made up of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and UK. Meteor is developed and delivered through industry involvement across the partner nations, using UK MoD as the contracting authority. Meteor is currently integrated on Gripen C/D, Eurofighter, and Rafale with on-going integration onto Gripen E/F. Meteor is planned to be integrated onto F-35 A and B platforms and other new emerging platforms, along with associated opportunities for future production through to mid-life.

The Meteor team is a varied and vibrant Sector with a Product Line that spans all phases within the UK MoD’s procurement CADMID cycle. Meteor has numerous Export contracts running in parallel with the Six Partner Nation Programme and is actively bidding various Export and Domestic campaigns.

This role is to Project Manage all the Meteor Domestic Production contracts [currently 12]. This is a varied, tried and tested role ideally suited to PMs with various levels of experience looking to take the next step in developing their Programme Project Management skills.

Meteor is a large and growing Sector as it heads towards Mid Life. There are also various other opportunities for career development in role or within the wider Meteor Project Management team, whether it be on our various main programme Development activities, research programmes, 6 Partner Nation Programme, New Business or Export Contracts.

It is an exciting time to be on Meteor as the team grows and this role gives an opportunity for the successful candidate to be part of the team delivering change to the Meteor Product line.

• Management of Meteor Domestic Production contracts from contract launch into acceptance/delivery into customer
  • Ensure contract budgets are planned, loaded and controlled in line with Work Breakdown Structure
  • Tracking cost and schedule adherence and managing any budget variance
  • Leading Estimate At Complete inputs for all the Domestic Production contracts
  • Generating and managing all the shipping documentation, interfacing with Export Control, Shipping and Customer to agree shipping dates
  • Updating production metrics for inclusion in Sector reporting
• Interface into Bolton/Henlow to ensure build sequencing meets contractual delivery dates
• Leading the Common cost allocation process, working with Production to agree funding levels and with Finance at each EAC and to agree Common cost allocations into each contract using an agreed allocation model
• Leading the Application process for Company Funding, working with Project Procurement to ensure timely applications are made to agree company funding to support future expected build profiles
  • Applying for approval for Last Time Buy opportunities responding to supply base declarations
• Plan and facilitate active risk management across the project, including mitigation activities

What we are looking for form you:

• Project management experience
• Strong risk management skills and knowledge
• Ability to manage effective stakeholder relationships
• Engage, share best practice and identify opportunities for innovation
• Sound business judgement and appreciation of complex problems
• Strong communication and motivational skills
• Ability to embrace new challenges and deal with a level of ambiguity

Our company: Peace is not a given, Freedom is not a given, Sovereignty is not a given

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