Project Support Officer
- Recruiter
- Carbon60
- Location
- Farnborough
- Salary
- Neg.
- Posted
- 18 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 26 Jan 2017
- Sectors
- Education & Teaching, Support
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client is a world leader in the design and manufacture of satellite systems. Their activities cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation systems, science and navigation programmes, together with avionics and a wide range of space equipment and associated ground infrastructure.
They have a new and exciting opportunity for a Project Support Officer to work onsite in Farnborough (Hampshire) this would be on an initial 6 month contract with high possibilities of extension beyond.
The Project Support officer would be working on of our clients exciting new programme. This project would be a solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS), designed to complement the advantages of both satellites and classic unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Flying in the stratosphere at an altitude of around 65.000 ft, HAPS offer a high, inherently stable vantage point unaffected by air traffic and weather and thus enable numerous unique remote-sensing or communication services. Combining long endurance and local footprint, HAPS quite literally fill the gap between satellites and todays UAVs. By day Zephyr flies on solar power generated by paper-thin solar cells covering its 23-metre wingspan which drive its two small propellers and charge up lithium-sulphur batteries which power the craft during the night-time.
Zephyr is the state-of-the-art technology demonstrator of Airbus DS HAPS programme. It holds three official world records including the longest endurance of any unmanned aircraft.
Job Description
The Project Support Officer will provide administrative support to the Project Manager and Work Package leads with a focus on the development and maintenance of project plans and work package reporting. Tasks will also include the maintenance and upkeep of risk and action logs with a responsibility to chase mitigations and actions to completion and the collation of KPI on a weekly/monthly basis.
-Be responsible for the identification and introduction of processes that will improve the management and reporting of project and work package progress.
-Reviewing and reconciling project financials.
-Reporting
-Prepare, edit, publish and distribute a range of documents and materials in various formats to set timetables and standards.
-Report progress and project / work package risks to the Project Manager
-Ensure the accuracy and currency of project / work package plans
Essential Skills and Experience
-Demonstrable experience with in a Project Management Office (ideally within a complex engineering environment)
-Familiarity of engineering documents
-Ability to work in a professional manner at all times and up hold corporate values, as defined in the corporate Standards of Business Conduct, such as Integrity, Respect and Fairness
-Ability to work in a team environment and be a team player
-Ability to work autonomously once tasked with an activity
-Inter-personal soft skills with the ability to manage conflicting opinions in a professional manner
-Ability to be pragmatic and find solutions to problems as the arise
-Proficient in MS Project and MS Office inc. Excel, Word, and Power Point with recent practical experience
-Adherence to defined methods of project working (Product Assurance) and familiarity with quality standards
Desirable
-Experience of working in an aerospace engineering business would be highly desirable.
-Experience of Change Control processes.
-Experience of Sprint Management
-SC cleared
The recruiter has stated that all applicants for this job should be able to prove they are legally entitled to work in the UK. Carbon60 is a trading name of Carbon60 Limited an Employment Business/Agency.
They have a new and exciting opportunity for a Project Support Officer to work onsite in Farnborough (Hampshire) this would be on an initial 6 month contract with high possibilities of extension beyond.
The Project Support officer would be working on of our clients exciting new programme. This project would be a solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS), designed to complement the advantages of both satellites and classic unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Flying in the stratosphere at an altitude of around 65.000 ft, HAPS offer a high, inherently stable vantage point unaffected by air traffic and weather and thus enable numerous unique remote-sensing or communication services. Combining long endurance and local footprint, HAPS quite literally fill the gap between satellites and todays UAVs. By day Zephyr flies on solar power generated by paper-thin solar cells covering its 23-metre wingspan which drive its two small propellers and charge up lithium-sulphur batteries which power the craft during the night-time.
Zephyr is the state-of-the-art technology demonstrator of Airbus DS HAPS programme. It holds three official world records including the longest endurance of any unmanned aircraft.
Job Description
The Project Support Officer will provide administrative support to the Project Manager and Work Package leads with a focus on the development and maintenance of project plans and work package reporting. Tasks will also include the maintenance and upkeep of risk and action logs with a responsibility to chase mitigations and actions to completion and the collation of KPI on a weekly/monthly basis.
-Be responsible for the identification and introduction of processes that will improve the management and reporting of project and work package progress.
-Reviewing and reconciling project financials.
-Reporting
-Prepare, edit, publish and distribute a range of documents and materials in various formats to set timetables and standards.
-Report progress and project / work package risks to the Project Manager
-Ensure the accuracy and currency of project / work package plans
Essential Skills and Experience
-Demonstrable experience with in a Project Management Office (ideally within a complex engineering environment)
-Familiarity of engineering documents
-Ability to work in a professional manner at all times and up hold corporate values, as defined in the corporate Standards of Business Conduct, such as Integrity, Respect and Fairness
-Ability to work in a team environment and be a team player
-Ability to work autonomously once tasked with an activity
-Inter-personal soft skills with the ability to manage conflicting opinions in a professional manner
-Ability to be pragmatic and find solutions to problems as the arise
-Proficient in MS Project and MS Office inc. Excel, Word, and Power Point with recent practical experience
-Adherence to defined methods of project working (Product Assurance) and familiarity with quality standards
Desirable
-Experience of working in an aerospace engineering business would be highly desirable.
-Experience of Change Control processes.
-Experience of Sprint Management
-SC cleared
The recruiter has stated that all applicants for this job should be able to prove they are legally entitled to work in the UK. Carbon60 is a trading name of Carbon60 Limited an Employment Business/Agency.