OVERVIEW
The Royal Navy are currently working on the next generation support solution for its in-service torpedoes. A small team is being brought together to support in-place colleagues deliver that outcome.
The day to day duties will be executed within the DE&S, reporting to the Deputy Team Leader of the Torpedoes and Maritime Strike team (TMS).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with project managers and stakeholders to understand project objectives and requirements.
- Develop comprehensive project plans, including defining project scope, deliverables, tasks, and timelines.
- Create detailed project schedules using Primavera P6 software.
- Identify critical path activities and dependencies to optimise project timelines.
- Assess resource requirements and allocating personnel, equipment, and materials for project tasks.
- Ensure optimal resource utilisation and avoiding overallocation.
- Continue monitoring project progress and performance against the established schedule.
- Identify potential delays or risks and implement corrective actions.
- Generate regular progress reports and present them to project managers and stakeholders.
- Provide updates on project status, milestones, and variances from the original plan.
- Assist in identifying potential risks and uncertainties that could impact project timelines.
- Collaborate with project teams to develop risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage changes to the project schedule resulting from scope changes or unforeseen events.
- Assess the impact of changes on project timelines and communicating adjustments to stakeholders.
- Communicate with project managers, team members, and stakeholders to ensure alignment with the project schedule.
The key deliverable will be a Strategic Outline Case that will set subsequent programme direction.
SKILLS & QUAIFICATIONS
- Evidence of Cat A project schedule delivery in MOD / DE&S
- Evidence of role played in delivering project plan, project schedule
- Evidence that they have worked in MOD project delivery or in industry facing MOD within the last 3 months.
- Experience of supporting Project Delivery in an MOD / ideally DE&S environment
- UK MOD maritime experience, preferably torpedoes / submarine related
- Able to craft and own a detailed project schedule, Level 1 plan, and work breakdown structure
- Ability to contribute to project milestones against demanding performance, cost, and time constraints
- Comfort in working with minimal daily supervision to deliver key outputs
- Able to look ahead and anticipate challenges, craft solutions, and resolve them, referring to the Project manager for guidance
- Comfortable working in the Cat A project delivery environment, understand the assurance and scrutiny requirements required and able to work through delivery friction at pace
- Able to use in place IT systems (MODNet) to deliver effective MOD compliant staff work that stands 2* scrutiny
- Experience of MODNet / MS Suite of tools / DE&S project management and risk tools
- DE&S project management delivery experience
- Managing Successful Programs (MSP)
- APMP – Project Management
- PRINCE 2
- APMP - Management of Risk (MoR)
- We need either APMP or PRINCE 2, MSP would be a nice to have as would be MoR.