Engineering Project Manager

About the Role

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Project Engineer to join our team at Lockheed Martin.

You will be accountable for overall engineering technical, cost, and schedule performance on your assigned programme. You will be experienced with common engineering practices and methodologies and will work with programme management to ensure organisational standard processes are tailored, approved and followed.

In return, you will be a part of our fantastic benefits scheme. At Lockheed Martin the welfare of our staff is absolutely paramount and we wish all of our employees to have an excellent work-life balance. We therefore offer everyone the option to work full time hours over a 4 day week, giving you every Friday off work! Combined with this, you will have an abundance of remote working opportunities. We encourage a diverse workforce and we endeavour to be as flexible as possible to suit everyone’s needs.

Day to day duties include:

• Ensuring all programme engineering requirements are verified.
• Document, track and maintain the requirements baseline.
• Identifying engineering scope and producing estimates to deliver it.
• Managing cost and schedule throughout project execution to deployment.
• Managing risks and opportunities.
• Gathering inputs for resource and schedule planning.
• Leveraging best practices.
• Communicating with suppliers and customer stakeholders.
• Producing metrics to report project status upwards.
• Liaises with Engineering Project Managers on other programmes in order to negotiate use of staff.

Required skills, qualifications and experience

In order to be successful you must have:

• An understanding of modern Engineering methodologies and processes.
• Engineering background on a variety of programmes.
• Proven track record on software intensive programmes.
• Proven track record in technical team leadership.
• Ability to establish and maintain excellent relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Ability to provide quality support across the range of disciplines, and possessing a 'can-do' attitude.
• Work to create an environment of trust, diversity and ethical standards as laid down by the company.
• Strong self-awareness and a capacity to reflect on own practice and to learn from mistakes.

What we offer you

At Lockheed Martin our employees come first and therefore your physical, mental and financial wellbeing matters to us. On top of working in a highly supportive, friendly, respectful environment you can expect so much more.

We are an employer in support of and offering Flexible working with the option to also work a 4 day week depending on business requirements, where you have the option of Fridays off. We offer Competitive salaries alongside a flexible holiday entitlement.

We have a Wealth of benefits available to you that can be selected through our wellbeing tool upon commencement of employment. Just a few of our amazing benefits are shown below:

• Private Medical Insurance
• Competitive Pension
• Dental
• Critical Illness
• Life Assurance
• Travel Insurance
• Employee discounts for top high street shops
• Employee Assistance Program which includes free face to face counselling sessions, Legal advice, Financial advice, etc
• Internal training and development alongside out Education assistance programmes
• Reimbursement for a professional membership
• Competitive policies that support flexibility and family leave inclusive of enhanced maternity leave

Business Environment

Established in 1991, Rotary and Mission Systems Integrated Systems (RMS IS), is a leading prime contractor and systems integrator responsible for a wide portfolio of high technology programmes, complex integration, training and through-life support, spanning the defence and civil sectors. The LM RMS IS business, a leading provider of systems engineering, software development and complex programme management for global security, cyber, civil and commercial markets.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Lockheed Martin recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. Discrimination on any of these grounds is expressly forbidden. We therefore welcome applications from all sections of the community.