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Project Manager

Woolley Green
2 weeks ago
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Project Manager

Based: at our Cyber Centre of Excellence in Maidenhead - hybrid working is available.

At Ultra I&C's Cyber business, we protect highly sensitive information, working with nations worldwide to help ensure their information is secure as possible. Our engineers work on the most difficult cybersecurity challenges to protect our national security and critical infrastructure; we strive to protect what matters.

As Project Manager, you will work with specialists from a range of engineering disciplines, providing project management expertise to deliver projects and bids on time, to budget and to the required standard.

All applicants must be able to obtain and maintain DV level security clearance.

Project Manager: Key Responsibilities:



Manage multiple Projects ranging in size up to ~£10m

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Managing projects to meet the required financial and project constraints.

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Establishing, controlling and reporting project schedule & costs against an overall WBS & budget.

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Achieving acceptance of all elements of projects to schedule and cost.

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Accurately forecasting project cost, cash & resource demands

Required Skills and Experience:

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Experienced in project management, specifically in setting up, running and successfully delivering projects, ideally in the defence electronics or other highly regulated sector.

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Experienced in managing and deliver multi-disciplined projects in a matrix structure.

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Experience in a customer-facing environment.

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Proficient in MS Office including MS Project.

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Possesses a Project Management qualification (preferred)

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Excellent general written and verbal communications skills.

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Willing to undergo, and are able to achieve and maintain, SC and/or DV security clearance.

Our Benefits

Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

* Annual Bonus

* Private Medical Cover

* 25 days’ holiday with the option to buy an extra 5

* Pension Contribution

* 4 x Life Assurance Cover

* Flexible working hours with a 1pm finish on a Friday

* Flexible benefits including cycle to work scheme, will writing and more

* Monthly Security Clearance Allowance - Subject to you holding the required security clearance

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviours, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible

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