Associate Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026.
Package: £38,700 - £43,000(salary dependent on experience) + Benefits
Role ID: SF20284
Are you ready to be part of the future? At QinetiQ, we’re not just imagining tomorrow we are creating it. From cutting-edge defence technology to ground-breaking innovations our mission is to empower and protect lives. Join us as a Associate Project Manager at our Farnborough facility, where you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in partnership with some of the most brilliant minds.
The Role
The Maritime Training, Tactics, Test and Evaluation Transformation Inter Disciplinary Team (MTET IDT) are taking on new business from the MOD to grow our Maritime Ranging capabilities, and we are seeking a Associate Project Manager to assist with managing the portfolio of projects which make up the Submerged Electro-Magnetic Ranging (SMEMR) Programme and assist with the bid work as we put together our proposal for the BUTEC 24/7 Surge Programme.
You will be responsible for assisting the management of a geographically dispersed team. There are several stakeholders you will work with to achieve this and ensure the infrastructure and ranges are capable, available and safe.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Development and maintenance of positive engagement with project customers, partners and suppliers
- Operating in a Safe & Secure manner
- Embedding a culture in line with the QinetiQ values
- Delivery of the project outputs, to agreed baseline (customer satisfaction, time, cost, quality, cash and sales)
- Ensuring project members operate in line with the Operating Framework & functional competency management requirements; and have appropriate personal objectives recorded in the QinetiQ performance management system
- Resolving conflicts (including prioritisation calls) within the project and collaborating across QinetiQ
Essential experience of the Associate Project Manager:
- Experience gained, typically rather than necessarily, between 1-3 years of project management, or working in a related function that successfully delivered support to complex projects
- Experience delivering defence, engineering and/or IT projects
Desirable qualifications for the Associate Project Manager :
- Degree (or equivalent experience) in appropriate discipline
- Hold a recognised PM qualification (APM Project Professional Qualification (PPQ) or Prince2)
- Experience in Defence, Aerospace or other closely related sectors - Desirable
We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
This role is 37 hours per week and is based out of our Farnborough facility on a hybrid working pattern of 3 days per week on average, onsite.
Farnborough
At our Farnborough site exciting work takes place at our state-of-the-art facility, with high-energy laser technologies, our 5m pressurised wind tunnel which has a simulation capability that is unique in the UK and our large research and development projects is a real hub of creativity, research and innovation. Join our talented teams of Engineers, IT & Cyber Specialists, Project Managers, Group Functions Teams and many more to provide future defences in the UK.
Please note that all applicants for this role must be eligible for SC clearance, as a minimum.
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