Principal Delivery Lead

About the job

AWE currently has an exceptional opportunity to join us as a Principal Delivery Lead. The role holder will be responsible for all aspects of delivery within Integrated Hydrodynamics trials both in the UK and overseas facilities.

Location: Reading

Salary: £62,020 - £88,000 (dependant on experience)

Closing Date: 28th August 2024

The Role?

As Principal Delivery Lead you will hold the following accountabilities and responsibilities:

• Integrated Hydrodynamics: Ensure Principal Delivery Lead elements of handover are implemented to assist transition to business as usual for Integrated Hydrodynamics Trials (UK & EPURE, France). Act as the focal point for trial deconfliction across Integrated Hydrodynamics.
• Resource Planning: Responsible for the balancing of future demand against capability across the Delivery Unit.
• Financial Planning: Ensure a rigorous internal finance control and governance framework is in place and is complied with for relevant functional activities. Ensure that budgets and funding are correctly configured, and appropriate governance applied.
• Operations and Programme Development: Act as the interface between operations and programme to ensure delivery and management of assigned projects in accordance with requirements, operational constraints, time, cost, and quality.
• Manage Trial Maturity Matrix: Manage long-range plan to enable comprehensive and realistic forecasting to meet all programme demand.
• Manage Trial Stakeholders: Maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to minimise risks and optimise opportunities for effective delivery of capability.
• Manage Business Reporting and Metrics: Ensure that performance metrics, procedures, processes and systems are developed, implemented and of a quality that delivers against Delivery Unit Programme requirements.

Whilst not to be considered a checklist, the ideal candidate will have the following skills and attributes:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Excellent communications skills - able to inspire, motivate and engage widely across the business.
• Proven ability to develop solutions to complex problems that requires regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
• Resolution focused with the ability to be flexible and creative in approach and able to work across functions to reach the conclusions, decisions and ways forward collaboratively.
• Project Management experience delivering a wide range of projects.
• Experience of Leading and building multi-disciplinary teams to achieve complex outcomes.
• Ability to influence and manage stakeholders.

What will you get from us?

As part of our People Promise, AWE (one of the best 25 big companies to work for in the UK) has a range of benefits to suit you. These include:

• Time to recharge your batteries with 270 hours of annual leave (plus every other Friday off work).
• Consideration for flexible working arrangements so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know on your application if you wish to work part time.
• Opportunities for Professional Career Development that include funding for the annual membership of a relevant professional body, access to mentors and training.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services.
• A generous defined contribution Group Personal Pension (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your own contribution).
• Life Assurance.
• Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending.
• Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring for your family.
• A host of voluntary & core benefits to suit your health and wellbeing - more information available on our careers site.

Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the necessary security clearance for the role.

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