General Dynamics Mission Systems engineers a diverse portfolio of high technology solutions, products and services that enable customers to successfully execute missions across all domains of operation. With a global team of more than 13,000 top professionals, we partner with the best in industry to expand the bounds of innovation in the defence and scientific arenas. In the UK, we are leading the way in avionics and communication systems. Given the nature of our work and who we are, we value trust, honesty, alignment and transparency.

General Dynamics in St Leonards-on-Sea currently provide avionic mission computing systems for a wide range of military fast jets, helicopters, and UAV’s.  Recent success has resulted in General Dynamics developing the next generation of Advanced High Performance, Safety Critical Mission Computer Systems to meet the needs of latest platforms in development by several aircraft manufacturers. These Mission Computing Systems provide the functionality that integrates aircraft systems, sensor systems and weapon systems with the information and control systems required by the aircrew to meet the demanding operational needs of these aircraft.

An exciting opportunity to join General Dynamics, a leading-edge defence company, as a Manufacturing Project Manager.

This position, would allow you to play a leading role in our innovative Manufacturing team, working on both avionics systems and armoured vehicle communication systems.

• Become involved with bid costings relating to manufacturing for both competitive and non-competitive opportunities, with an accompanying list of assumptions and risks. Create a proposed schedule for manufacture.
• Review and approve Statement of Work (SOW), ensuring it is loaded to the MRP system and the budget requirements match the bid submission. Hold a kick off meeting to inform key stakeholders of requirements and set responsibilities.
• Support the programme team in the creation and development of risk logs, master project schedules and any reviews they require. Ensuring they remain updated throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsible for ensuring the headcount database is updated with latest data.
• Creation of a Production Readiness Review for each project.
• Manage manufacturing spend against the budget, through monthly ETC reviews.
• Identify new opportunities and how these could benefit manufacturing, working with stakeholders to grow the department.

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• Ideally, requires the Associate Project Management Qualification or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Able to work independently and prioritise yours, and others, workload.
• Capable of working on numerous tasks in parallel.
• An understanding of MRP system and scheduling.
• Experience using Microsoft Office software.

This role of Manufacturing Project Manager has a starting salary of £35,8400 to £44,800 dependant upon experience and an attractive flexible benefits package.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work with a shared sense of purpose, offering impressive benefits: 

• A personalised career development plan, alongside regular progress reviews - supporting and valuing your progression within the Company. 
• A flexible working environment where your contributions are recognized and rewarded with flexible benefits 

We believe in maintaining a diverse workplace - inclusive of beliefs, cultural background, job experiences, thoughts and ideas. If who we are and what we do resonates with you, we welcome you to join our inclusive team!

We are a Disability Confident Employer, as such we offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.
Please email [email protected] if you would like your application to be considered under the DC Scheme. For more information on the Disability confident scheme in General Dynamics click here.

All successful/appointed applicants must be able to obtain a level of UK Security clearance that is appropriate for the role and undertake suitable Right to work checks.