Senior Project Professional

Job Title: Senior Project Professional

Location: Barrow-In-Furness / Sheffield – travel to the Barrow site will be required, and UK Customer sites

Salary: Circa £50,000 (DOE)

Who we are:

Join BAE Systems and you’ll be part of something bigger. As a valued member of our global colleague network, you’ll bring your unique skills and perspectives to help pioneer progress and protect what matters most. You’ll be trusted to play your part in delivering the advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions of tomorrow, shaping a safer future, for all of us.

From the depths of the ocean, to the far reaches of space, there’s no limit to where a career at BAE Systems could take you.

Job Description:

This is an opportunity to develop your project management knowledge while supporting the delivery of highly detailed programmes and customer contracts. Working within a structured project lifecycle, you’ll help coordinate activities across multiple teams, supply chain partners and stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with quality, cost and schedule commitments. Using tools such as SAP and project performance reporting systems, you’ll gain valuable exposure to programme controls, contract delivery and business operations.

Collaborating with project teams and senior stakeholders, you’ll contribute to planning, risk mitigation, performance monitoring and continuous improvement activities. Whether managing a small project, coordinating a work package or supporting larger programmes, this role offers considerable development opportunities, exposure to recognised project management practices and the chance to make a meaningful contribution to the successful delivery of key business goals across BAE Systems.

Core duties:

• Coordinating project activities through the full lifecycle, ensuring delivery to safety, cost, quality and schedule requirements
• Processing orders through SAP and overseeing end-to-end supply chain activities to achieve contractual performance targets
• Planning and monitoring contractual deliverables, collaborating with stakeholders to ensure timely and cost-effective execution
• Identifying schedule risks, evaluating impacts and implementing corrective actions to maintain delivery performance
• Producing performance reports, coordinating stock requirements and facilitating customer and cross-functional review meetings with clear action tracking

Essential Skills:

• Experience working within defence, aerospace or another highly regulated industry, operating within structured governance and compliance frameworks
• Experience coordinating multiple projects or work packages, delivering against agreed schedules, budgets and quality requirements
• Understanding of project lifecycle management and structured delivery frameworks within a project or programme environment
• Practical experience using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, alongside enterprise systems such as SAP
• Holds, or is working towards, a recognised project management qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, IMA or a relevant degree

The Weapon Systems UK Team:

Supporting the delivery of advanced defence products used across land, sea and air environments, this function coordinates project delivery, supply chain performance and operational planning activities. Working across multi-faceted programmes and global customer requirements, it helps drive successful contract delivery, continuous improvement and the future growth of Weapon Systems capabilities.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date: 25th June 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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