Project Management Professional

Job Title:

Project  Management  Professional

Salary:  Up to £40,000 dependent on skills and experience

Location:

Scotstoun – We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please  speak  to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

What you’ll be doing :

Assist the Project  Manager  in coordinating day‑to‑day project activities, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to the required standard.

Apply planning and scheduling knowledge to review and interrogate project activities, ensuring plans are realistic, integrated, and reflective of current progress.

Assist in the  management  of assigned cost accounts, helping to ensure delivery to agreed budget, schedule, and quality targets.

Coordinate and  control  project change, ensuring impacts are understood and recorded, while supporting continuous improvement across the programme and wider business.

Support the identification and  management  of project risks and opportunities, maintaining accurate records and contributing to effective mitigation and exploitation strategies.

Maintain a  strong  focus on milestone achievement, contract deliverables, and acceptance events, ensuring they are clearly tracked and  proactively   managed .

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

Experience working in a project environment, with a good understanding of project  management  tools, techniques, and practices, and the ability to apply these in routine situations while following guidance in more  complex  scenarios.

Strong   analytical  skills, with the ability to gather, interpret, and consolidate information to support sound judgement and  decision ‑making.

Effective communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to influence, build rapport, and convey information clearly and diplomatically.

Awareness of the project lifecycle, with an understanding of key stages, processes, and  controls  involved in delivering successful projects.

Experience with in a  complex  engineering / defence / manufacturing environment

Familiarity with project governance frameworks and reporting processes within a large or  complex  organisation

Benefits:

As well as a  competitive  pension scheme, BAE Systems also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive.

The Naval Ships Project    Management    Team:

Join our Project  Management  team and play a key role in delivering some of the UK’s most  complex  and innovative naval programmes. You will work collaboratively with a wide range of UK and international stakeholders, contributing to projects that shape the future of maritime capability. This is a dynamic and supportive environment where every  challenge  presents an opportunity to learn, grow and strengthen your professional network.

At BAE Systems, you will have access to a wide range of development opportunities, including support towards achieving further professional qualifications, enabling you to build a rewarding and long‑term career.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder  etc .)

that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please  speak  to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export  control  restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict  the roles  you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All  applicants   must  as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where  applicants   must  typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for  the role , to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date : 27th January 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for  the role . Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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