UK Project Manager / Senior Project Manager

• →Lead and coordinate the project teams, and provide clear direction and communication both across the internal team, external partner companies and customer/funding organisations.
• →Define and maintain the objectives, deliverable and scope of projects and manage the delivery to time costs and quality while avoiding scope creep.
• →Manage the project budget and resources including tracking expenses and labour to keep costs within the defined budget.
• →Track project progress and performance against the schedule and KPI’s to adapt changing workflows or schedules when delays happen to maintain deadlines as far as possible.
• →Manage risks across the projects and ensure suitable mitigation strategies are identified to be implemented as required. Work with the project team to solve issues as and when the arise.
• →Manage the  coordination and completion of deliverables and milestones (such as SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and FRR) across the project organisation and with the costumer.
• →Support the delivery of bids for commercial and institutional projects, including all aspects of project planning such as cost estimation & scheduling.

• Five years or more expertise in project management – preferably including space hardware or missions, or with space engineering experience.
• Experience working to deliver complex projects with government agencies, civil or defence. Experience working with ESA is desirable.
• Proven ability to manage multi-million pound space development projects of greater than 2 years duration.
• Proven ability to negotiate, manage and deliver through subcontractors and suppliers.

Competitive salary depending on experience

Location and Benefits

The UK Orbit Fab office is based at Harwell Campus, the UK’s preeminent gateway to the space industry, and only a short drive from Oxford with convenient access to London. We currently ask full-time staff to be in office, or travel on business, for 10 days per month.

We offer a range of benefits including private healthcare, workplace pensions, Learning and development allowance and more. These can be discussed more during the interview process.

Eligibility

Candidate must have right to work in the UK and will be subject to checks for suitability for working on EAR controlled programmes.

Orbit Fab is an equal opportunity employer, committed to being a diverse and inclusive place in which our talent can thrive. As such, Orbit Fab does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organisation, retaliation, parental status, military service, other non-merit factor or any other protected characteristic or protected category recognised by the law of jurisdictions in which we operate. All hiring and recruitment decisions made at Orbit Fab are subject to Orbit Fab’s compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.