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About the Role
Saab UK is part of Scandinavia's largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, with expertise spanning software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.
Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose: to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world. Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors, and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden, with major operations all over the world and a key role in the domestic defence capability of several nations.
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The Role
This role will work closely with the Program Manager, Work Package Leads, and project Financial Controller to create and sustain project plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a hierarchy of plans from Program to Work Package level
- Develop and maintain schedule granularity for each work package to enable appropriate control and reporting
- Ensure dependencies between work packages are reflected in the delivery schedule
- Develop a consistent format for project plans across the entire project
- Provide “progress against plan” reporting at an appropriate level for team members, Program Manager, and Steering Groups, explaining variances from baseline plan
- Actively support the project risk and issue management process
- Support the transition of the project plans into a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool
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Requirements
Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience working in New Product Development and New Product Introduction projects
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Project, Jira, and Excel
- Experience of working with ERP/MRP
- Experience of working with a Project Portfolio Management (PPM) tool
- A project management qualification (e.g., APM, Prince2, PMI) is preferable
By submitting an application to Saab UK, you consent to undergoing workforce screening activities that may include: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights. In all circumstances, preferred candidates will proceed through a security interview.
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