Junior Project Manager

Job Title: Junior Project Manager

Location: Preston- We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

Referral Bonus: £1000

Grade: GG09

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptionalindividual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

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As a Junior Project Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of projects throughout their lifecycle, ensuring activities are effectively planned, coordinated, and executed. You will work within established governance and project management frameworks to help deliver projects on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. The role involves managing supplier interactions, processing orders, monitoring project progress, and proactively identifying risks and implementing solutions to keep delivery on track.

Core duties

• Deliver low-complexity projects or work packages, ensuring schedule, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction targets are met
• Apply project governance, regulatory requirements, and BAE Systems project management methodologies throughout the project lifecycle
• Develop, maintain, and track project plans, changes, risks, issues, and opportunities
• Monitor budgets, resources, and supplier performance to ensure efficient project delivery
• Produce project reports, engage stakeholders, and identify lessons learned to support continuous improvement

Essential Skills

• Knowledge of project managementprinciples, methodologies, and project lifecycle management
• Experience of project planning, scheduling, and tracking delivery against agreed milestones
• Understanding of project governance, including risk, issue, and dependency management
• Knowledge of resource planning, forecasting, budget management, and financial tracking
• Recognised project management qualification (e.g. APM PFQ, PRINCE2 Foundation, or equivalent)

The Air Property Team

The Air Property team are transforming to deliver property IT projects more efficiently through Agile and Lean ways of working. The team have been piloting this approach for the last year and are expanding the benefits seen so far to a wider second phase. This is a great opportunity to get full lifecycle experience of projects and help drive this new approach to deliver further benefits to the Air business sector.

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.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

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 applicantsmust as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicantsmust 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: 6th November 2026

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