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Senior Project Manager - Aerospace Engineering

Uxbridge
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Top Gun fighter pilots will love you because you keep them alive.

You will be the Senior Project Manager on a series of projects that design, develop, manufacture and deliver unique escape systems in the event that things have gone wrong on their aircraft.

Your Project plans include detailed work breakdown structures, timelines, clear objectives, a risk register, cost controls and data capture reports

You will have clear visibility on supplier and subcontractor performance and be in communication with customers so they so know what is going on.

You will be using your technical engineering background as this helps in understanding the engineering processes

This is a programme led engineering operation so you are in charge of ensuring customers get their escape systems on time, to budget and to specification.

After a busy week, you can finish at 12.00 midday every Friday you can Cruise home, Aviators on, feeling proud of your work and the work of your amazing Team.

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