Project Engineer

The role is responsible for discharging Project

Management activities across the Qatar In-Service Typhoon Availability Service

Operation at Dukhan Airbase, Qatar, as CAM133. This role will undertake Project

Management activities within the respective technical delivery areas to ensure key PM tenets are discharged and upheld.

The incumbent will be required to gather,

synthesize & integrate information relating to performance (cost, resources and outputs), generate, monitor and report progress against plans, identify trends, analyze and interpret data and information to ensure all data and information is accurate, generate and publish regular reports, including internal contract review packs and external customer facing material

Hierarchically, this role will report into the

Project Management Lead, who will provide support, leadership and the PM governance framework the incumbent will be required to operate within.

The role will also be required to support and conduct any ad-hoc PM activities required due to the nature of Operations at

Dukhan Airbase.

Project Management

Provide

Project Management support to Dukhan Delivery areas

Run a subset

of the Dukhan Business Rhythm, ensuring Risk, Opportunity, Change

(Organisational or Technical) and Spend are reviewed within CAM133

• Co-ordinate

and facilitate agreed OPR inputs on behalf of each delivery area

Act as the

deployed Project Management conscience of the Dukhan Operation, ensuring delivery areas remain within governance, escalating issues as required.

Operate as

‘critical friends’ of the deployed areas, providing a valued Project Management service whilst driving and upholding PM values and standards

Support

compilation of PM&C artefacts into the drumbeat Dukhan SMT Business Rhythm reviews (for example, Change Requests)

Champion

Continuous Improvement initiatives into the CI lead, seeking to maximise operational efficiency and minimising costs;

Responsible

for managing the financial information for the allocated area, to feed the

Contract Status Reports (CSR);

Responsible

for managing the Risk and Opportunities (financial, quality, scope and quality)

within the allocated area

• Develop,

manage and maintain integrated program schedules for non-recurring elements of work

Manage and

measure delivery against the contract, advising on contractual compliance /

shortfalls for both BAES and the QEAF (BFP/R)

• Co-ordinate,

control and report against internal and contractual KPI’s

Act as an

interface with junior officers within the QEAF for the allocated area for all applicable Project Delivery requirements

Responsible

for managing the resource manpower within the allocated area from a PM standpoint (e.g. cost, resource planning, capacity modelling)

Support

reviews (preparation or attendance) including but not limited to OPR, QCRs,

QBRs, risk & opportunity, Change Control Boards, Business Operations and customer PRMs;

• Provide support to the Business Management Lead for

control of the Resource management aspects of the Typhoon Availability Service

Additional Responsibilities / Activities

• Ensure compliance with the mandated BAE Systems Governance Framework, including,

but not limited to; Life Cycle Management (LCM), Business Continuity Management

(BCM) – Incident Management (IM), Gifts & Hospitality (G&H), Responsible Document Record Management

(RDRM), Export Control, SHE, et al.

• This role will also be required to support and conduct any ad-hoc PM activities required due to the nature of Operations

at Dukhan Airbase.

Requirements

Essential

Functional Knowledge & Experience

• Experienced and in-depth Project Control knowledge and techniques in an Operational Aircraft Support environment is preferred;
• Experienced resource demand management and forecasting;
• High level of MS Office knowledge and application;
• Programme Reporting experience;
• Understanding and appreciation of operating in a customer-focused organisation in the Middle East;
• Commercial and Contractual Awareness;
• Purchasing Process and Export control awareness;
• Contract Status Reporting (CSRs).
• Ability to speak & write fluent English

Qualifications

L6 Project Management Degree

(complete or in-progress), or an extensive amount of practical knowledge gained through experience;

Business Expertise

Requires good analytical

skills, able to manipulate data to identify trends and data shortages. At this level is able to assess if data is complete, accurate and turn into management information for onwards reporting

Requires the ability to

appropriately engage with and challenge a wide range of stakeholders on project performance

• Understands and is able to

use and interpret all project management tools sets.

Requires a good

understanding of the work breakdown structure for the service area or project

Capable of performing

detailed performance analysis using a range of PM toolsets and techniques

Aspirational Experience Of Using The Following Systems

JIRA

Confluence / Tableau

Interpersonal Skills

Diplomacy skills required in

order to work across business boundaries to achieve optimum solutions;

Exceptional verbal

communication skills across different nationalities;

Presentation skills for

effective reporting against areas of responsibility;

Strong stakeholder

management at various levels of authority both internally and externally and confidence to direct challenge/question all levels of the organisation;

Time Management skills to

effectively discharge work across different areas;

Confidence to hold/chair

meetings & working groups for associated areas of work;

• A self-starter.

Desirable

Ability to speak Arabic