Marshall Land Systems
Project Coordinator
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Brief Description
Why join Marshall Land Systems in this role
Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you will be a key member of the Programme Management Office (PMO), supporting the coordination and delivery of activities across the programme team. Working within a matrix organisation, you will collaborate with colleagues across engineering, procurement, supply chain, production, finance, and project management to help ensure projects are effectively coordinated and delivered.
This is an opportunity to gain broad exposure to the full project lifecycle within a complex engineering and manufacturing environment. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of project coordination activities, work with a wide range of stakeholders, and develop your project management capability while contributing directly to successful programme delivery.
Responsibilities
- Assist and coordinate in the delivery activities and governance processes across the programme team
- Assist and coordinate in the delivery and acceptance of finished products, supported by the cross-functional programme team
- In collaboration with Planning and Controls, support the efficient operation of governance processes, such as maintenance of the programme baseline and performance measures
- In collaboration with project and engineering management, support arrangements for development trials, including coordination of test assets, equipment, and personnel
- Ownership of Project administration artefacts such as action trackers, Project delivery databases, and support to the management accounting team in the project financial data
- Raising non-system purchase requisitions such as for long lead items and subcontract services, supporting successful delivery from external partners where appropriate
- Support to the programme communication plan execution, including preparation of team communications and presentation collateral
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Requirements
Apply if you have most of the following:
- Experience as a project coordinator, business/executive assistant, operations analyst, business analyst, project controller, planner, or similar, within the context of engineering and production
- A good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is essential, with ability to derive meaning from data
- Demonstrated ability to plan, control, and deliver work packages within a project setting
- Experience of budgeting, developing plans, and delivering tangible results that have measurable outcomes
- Understanding of configuration management, change management, and/or risk management are advantageous
- Working knowledge of project management and collaboration toolsets such as ERP systems, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, and Microsoft Office/365
Additional local needs
- Hybrid role, Cambridge based 3 days a week
- Successful candidate will need to complete a successful BPSS check
Benefits
- Opportunity to play a key role in project coordination and programme delivery, with end-to-end exposure across a complex engineering and manufacturing environment
- Work closely with Senior Project Managers and cross-functional Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) across engineering, procurement, supply chain, production, and finance
- Gain hands-on experience in project governance, controls, financial management, risk, change, and configuration management
- Ownership of project coordination activities, action tracking, delivery information, and project artefacts, with exposure to ERP and project management systems
- Strong opportunity for professional development and progression towards Project Manager, Senior Project Coordinator, Project Controls, or wider Programme Management roles
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About Marshall Land Systems
Marshall Land Systems is a Canadian-owned global company with an unrivalled pedigree of British engineering excellence. From its origins in Cambridge, UK, through more than a century of innovation, pioneering advances from the nose of Concorde to the early Hydrogen fuel cell technology that ultimately powered the moon landings, Marshall engineers now continue to innovate specialist vehicles and infrastructure for NATO forces across the world. From bomb disposal vehicles to deployed shelters, from command and control to CT scanners on the battlefield, Marshall Land Systems protects people in critical situations with the very best in engineering. It employs 600 people with major facilities in the UK, Canada, and the Netherlands.
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