Assistant Project Manager

Job title: Assistant Project Manager

Location: Belfast (hybrid working arrangement – 3 days per week on site)

Are you an ambitious, organised, and proactive individual looking to kick start or grow your career in Project Management?

Thales Integrated Airspace-protection Systems (IAS) provide Air Defence Systems (ADS) and Surface attack Systems (SAS) for UK and Export Customers. We have 2x fantastic opportunities for Assistant Project Managers to join our cutting edge teams as we continue to expand; Directed Energy Weapons, and the Lightweight Module Missile (LMM) product.

What the role has to offer:

This is an excellent opportunity for someone eager to learn, develop, and make a real impact in a supportive environment. You will be working in a truly demanding and interesting role where you will gain significant exposure across a variety of projects and products. You will be responsible for supporting the project management team to ensure successful delivery of projects, ensuring customer satisfaction, on-time delivery and project efficiency. This is a great opportunity to gain experience and develop a long-term career in Project Management.

Core Benefits:

On offer is a competitive salary and benefits package, which includes;

• Performance-related bonus
• Half day every Friday, usually finishing around 13:00pm
• 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) plus opportunity to buy up to 40 hours/year (pro rata)
• 24 hours volunteering paid for
• Private healthcare (grade dependent)
• Pension scheme
• Life cover
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Program and access to mental wellbeing app
• Employee discount shopping schemes on major brands and retailers
• Gym membership discounts

Key responsibilities:

• Assisting in the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects across the portfolio, within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Management of Key Work Packages, Customer Tasking and demonstrations
• Preparing project documentation, reports, and presentations.
• Liaising with internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure smooth communication.
• Monitoring project progress, identifying risks, and suggesting solutions.
• Managing schedules, resources, and project files.
• Learning and applying project management methodologies and tools.

About you:

• You will have experience of supporting Project Management Teams in the delivery of successful projects, and have a good understanding of the full project lifecycle through delivery of Development, Implementation, Closure and Support activity.
• You will have an understanding of Project Management processes including Change Control, Risk Management and Information Management.
• You will have proven experience of building strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders, together with having excellent organisation and problem-solving skills.
• You will be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• This role is perfect for a recent Project Management graduate, someone looking to switch careers, or an individual with some Project team experience who’s ready to take the next step.

Security Clearance statement:

Due to the nature of the work that we do at Thales, many of our roles are subject to security restrictions. This role requires you to be a sole British National from birth and achieve Security Clearance (SC) without any caveats. It would be advantageous if currently held, however, if not currently held, it is a requirement that the successful applicant undergo, achieve, and maintain SC Clearance prior to commencing employment. Please visit the UKSV website for further guidance.

To be eligible for full SC, you generally need to have resided in the UK for the last 5 years. In some circumstances, a minimum of 3 years’ residence in the UK over the last 5 years may be accepted, with additional overseas checks.