Get hands on experience working within the Project Management department, supporting the management and delivery of multiple challenging high-technology projects across the project lifecycle to Time, Cost and Quality KPIs, all whilst obtaining your degree.
From 11 UK sites, our team of nearly 1,000 people delivers unique capabilities across space, air, land, sea and cyber for military, security and commercial customers across the UK and worldwide.
L3Harris in Bristol/Portchester/Burgess Hill/Barrow designs and delivers SIL-2 Standard integrated warship control and automation systems that are in service on Albion Class Landing Platform Docks and Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers. L3 also delivers multiple shore-based simulation and training services and in-service support field engineering services direct to UK MOD. More systems are being developed and delivered for Type 26 and Type 31 Frigates as well as export variants.
This role is multi-faceted, requiring engineering judgement and strong leadership with the ability to co-ordinate, plan, control and deliver a project with challenging constraints.
Key responsibilities
Work within a business / programme environment, supporting the project (contract) delivery and/or bid activity
Liaising between customers and suppliers across multiple countries and time-zones
Support team organisation and communications plans
Creation and maintenance of project schedules
Use appropriate planning techniques to help identify project resource requirements and manage availability with functional managers
Work with Supply Chain and Commercial teams to ensure contract baselines, plans and schedules are maintained in line with agreed contract changes
Support the development & maintenance monitoring & control of project deliverables
Efficiently deliver clearly focused customer & company project financial and schedule performance reporting
Support and maintain the production of project risk & opportunity registers(s), arranging regular reviews and communicating in monthly reporting cycle
Support development of project management capability to support business & company growth (including managing own personal development)
Essential -
Days of the week including start time and finish: Monday – Friday
CORE hours are:
Morning: 10:00-1200
Afternoon: 1400-15.30
Hours per week: 40hrs
Breaks and lunchtime: 30mins
Any other details
We do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (up to 3 days per week on average)
£22500 per annum
A few of our employee benefits are:
Hybrid working where possible – We do require you to be on-site 60% of the time across the month (up to 3 days per week on average)
Half day finish on a Friday
25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
Private medical insurance with optional family cover
Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
Group income protection
Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support
Ability to work on own initiative and with some supervision;
Prioritise own workload and organise own time to achieve objectives;
Proactive style and flexible attitude to scope of role;
Good spreadsheet and Word skills
Seek to identify opportunities for continuous improvement within own role;
Ability to work quickly and efficiently whilst paying attention to detail;
Excellent interpersonal skills;
Contribute as an effective team member;
Ability to work with individuals at all levels of business both internally and externally;
High standard of technical skills including MS Office particularly Excel; and Powerpoint
Previous experience of working in a marine engineering environment would be advantageous.
Understanding of software and hardware development lifecycles would be advantageous.
Essential
5 GCSE’s, Maths and English, 5+ (C+)
Subject to successful completion of the Level 6 Apprenticeship and there being a business need for L3Harris to employ the individual, but this is not a guarantee.
Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.
Conditions of any offer are as follows;
The candidate must be in a position to gain a UK Secret Clearance (SC).
The candidate must be able to comply with Health and Safety (H&S) requirements for all facets of employment
About L3Harris Technologies:
L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers’ mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 47,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries.
