Morson currently have a Senior Project Manager opportunity, for one of our prestigious defence clients in Bristol. This is a hybrid opportunity offered on a 6 12-month contract. This is an opportunity to work at the front of delivering some key UK Defence and Security contracts.

You will be joining a growing team tasked with providing defence and security solutions. You ll be responsible for delivering complex projects across a number of engineering contracts. By providing day-to-day management of a team of project staff, you ll be responsible for the cost-effective delivery of products and services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Project management of complex engineering projects ensuring that the delivery teams understand cost, time and quality requirements.


• Providing end-to-end delivery throughout the project lifecycle, you ll also be responsible for supporting with requirement capture, scoping, technical and commercial solutions and the generation of pricing models and proposal documents.


• Providing effective risk management to ensure that risk exposure is effectively managed throughout the project.


• Ensuring that effective change management is applied to projects, balancing flexibility to changing customer requirements with the need for robust commercial agreements.


• Reviewing and presentation of management information including regular finance reviews and Project Boards to ensure stakeholder and financial management.


• Ensure that the project team are working to a consistent high standard.

Essential Requirements

• Considerable experience in the application of Project Management techniques in a relevant technical project environment.


• Direct line management experience as well as leadership in a matrix environment


• Experience managing projects with differing demands and deadlines.


• Great financial management to ensure a high level of profitability on projects.


• Experience delivering solutions with a diverse team of both internal resource teams and external supply chains.


• Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of contract and commercial management

Desirable Requirements

• APM PMQ, Chartered status or equivalent


• Experience of working within the Defence and Security sector is highly desirable


• Experience working with senior level managers both internally and externally.


• A general understanding of, mechanical, electrical, data and minor construction disciplines.


• Business acumen and consultative selling skills

Recognising the RESTRICTED nature of the work, suitable candidates will be SC cleared or eligible for this level of clearance, SC must be in place before start date.