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Project Manager Opportunities – QinetiQ Defence Function
Package: Competitive Salary + Benefits Role ID: SF20126
About the Role
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow—we’re creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations, our mission is to empower and protect lives.
Join us as a Project Manager at our Boscombe Down site, where you will work alongside some of the most brilliant minds at the forefront of cutting-edge technology. In this crucial role, you’ll develop, procure, and integrate systems onto test and evaluation ranges, while delivering trials, training, and operational exercises to keep our defence capabilities world-leading.
Key Responsibilities
Your daily work will involve:
- Testing, researching, supplying, preparing, and sustaining client platforms and weapon systems for operational use, providing test, exercise, modelling, analysis services, and laboratory facilities in safe, realistic, and instrumented environments.
You will be responsible for:
- Developing clear, compelling customer proposals
- Delivering projects safely, on time, within cost and quality parameters
- Producing and maintaining robust project plans, cost schedules, and PPM (Project Portfolio Management) tools for effective forecasting and expenditure control
- Conducting regular, open, honest, and timely project reporting using corporate tools to meet financial reporting requirements
Essential Experience & Qualifications
Professional Requirements
- Proven track record of successfully delivering projects and programmes to defined cost, timescale, and budget targets
- Ability to decompose complex issues into structured, methodical details
- Direct experience in procurement and tendering processes, including:
- Producing technical specifications
- Defining supplier selection criteria
- Managing contractual agreements
- Hands-on experience in the systems engineering discipline
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Certifications
- Industry recognised qualification such as:
- Prince2
- AMP
- PMP
Key Details
- Location: Boscombe Down, QinetiQ site
- Hours: 37 hours per week (minimum of three days per week on-site)
- Travel: Expected travel to test sites at Aberporth, West Freugh, and the Hebrides
- Clearance: Mandatory SC (Security Check) clearance eligibility for all applicants
- Additional national security vetting processes may apply; existing vetting may transfer.
About Boscombe Down
MOD Boscombe Down is a unique operational site, home to the longest military runway in the UK. Specialising in testing, evaluation, and support services, this facility underpins the UK’s aviation and aerospace defence capabilities:
- World-class flight-testing infrastructure
- Development, evaluation, and certification of military aircraft
- Enhancing the operational readiness and effectiveness of British Aerospace forces
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At QinetiQ, we’re dedicated to fostering diversity, accessibility, and an inclusive workplace. We embrace all backgrounds and perspectives, and vigorously support:
- Applicants with disabilities. If you require adjustments during recruitment, please email internal_recruitment@qinetiq.com. Our team will assist you.
- Disability Confident Employer status and Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (Gold Award), ensuring we support the Armed Forces community.
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Why Join QinetiQ?
- ** Innovation.** Stand at the forefront of global defence, security, and innovation.
- ** Collaborative Culture.** Work with multidisciplinary teams, blending diverse skills and talents to tackle today’s most complex challenges.
- ** Growth.** Continuously develop your expertise in a supportive, inclusive environment—realise your full potential.
Explore our life at QinetiQ initiative for insights into our culture and career opportunities: qinetiq.com/en/careers/life-at-qinetiq
Benefits
- Pension Scheme: Generous matched contribution, including life assurance
- Holiday: Competitive leave allowance with options to purchase additional days
- Health & Wellbeing:
- Health Cash Plan
- Private Medical and Dental Insurance options
- Employee Discounts:
- Personal Accident Insurance
- Travel Insurance
- Discounted cinema, restaurants, and more
- Community Impact: Gold Defence Employer award, supporting the Armed Forces Covenant
- Volunteering: Opportunities to contribute to charitable and local community initiatives
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