Expleo

Project Manager

Job Locations
GB-DYS-Derby
Job area
Project Management
Employment type
Permanent
Industry
Defence
Travel
Occassional travel
Visa sponsorship
None
Languages required
English essential
Workplace
On-Site
Experience level
Management / Mid-Senior level

Overview

Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation.  We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.

Responsibilities

  • Leads projects of moderate scope and sometimes complex assignments.
  • Responsible for managing own and team's time within a certain area and conditions.
  • Applies standards and methodologies, provides expertise and support on use of methods and tools.
  • Develops project plans using standard project management tools, e.g. MS Project or Project Workbench.
  • Ensures that own and team's projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
  • Identifies and assesses risks to the success of the project. Agrees the project approach with stakeholders, and prepares realistic plans (including quality, risk and communications plans) and tracking activities against the project schedule, managing stakeholder involvement as appropriate.
  • Sets up project files, compiles and distributes reports. Provides guidance on procedures, processes, tools and techniques.
  • Builds reporting/status updates, agendas for stakeholder and owner meetings. Facilitates other meetings and monitors and drives overall project plan.
  • Uses metrics and project plan to assess the success of the project and makes necessary changes. Reports project progress to project managers.
  • Demonstrates use of a structured iterative methodology and maintains financial tracking for projects.
  • Develops a network to support and add value to client engagements including company, clients and external professional networks.

Qualifications

  • Previous experience within a Project Management or Project Support role
  • Project Management qualification (desirable)

Essential skills

  • Works autonomously and acts as a senior providing professional advice, managing and/or co-ordinating the work of others.
  • Maintains the status of the project and monitors the activities of team members, leading projects using available frameworks and tools and establishing project plans with on-time and on-budget project goals.
  • Assists the project manager in project plan, budget, oversight and documentation of all aspects of the projects.

Benefits

  • Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges  
  • We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects   
  • Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses  
  • Competitive company benefits
  • Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo 

 

  • As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
    • Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
    • Communicating and promoting vacancies
    • Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
    • Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
    • Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”. 

 

We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thriveUK Eng Disability Commitment

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