Great ideas come from different minds. That’s why we bring together engineers, scientists, analysts, and creatives from every background — and give them the trust, tools, and freedom to make a difference. What connects us is the mission: solving meaningful problems and building capability that protects what matters most.
And as the challenges evolve, so do we — working on the technologies that will shape tomorrow, not just today.
At Roke
Roke is a world-class engineering and technology company, with a trusted and long-standing record of delivery spanning research & development, products, managed-services and consultancy, serving customers across the globe. The markets Roke operates in are broad but they are frequently cross-cutting at engineering and delivery levels; markets include defence, national security, intelligence sectors, with diversity being at the centre of Roke’s strategy.
Preserving high-levels of confidence by consistently meeting or exceeding customer expectation in relation to contract delivery and value creation is paramount, equalled by the need to meet the needs of the business regarding safe and sustainable generation of revenue and profit.
At the heart of the supporting operating model are assured and repeatable methods of delivery, underpinned by key roles and responsibilities.
The Opportunity
The Junior Project Manager role is a key delivery role, reporting into a Head of Delivery within the Defence business unit (BU).
Primary Job Purpose
As a Junior Project Manager you will be responsible to support Project Managers and Project teams to effectively establish, plan, manage, deliver and control change programmes and projects in line with the project management grading framework. The role requires strong organisation and time management skills with the ability to make the right decisions under pressure.
You will achieve success by using modern, effective Project Management techniques, taking a leading role in your own professional and personal development.
Enabling the business to:
- Consistently execute contracts fully to schedule, cost and quality
- Professionally interface-to and manage external Customers, Subcontractors and Partners, and internal Business Functions (balancing the needs of the business and the needs of stakeholders).
- Create trusted and enduring relationships, building value for both the customer and Roke
- Plan for and successfully mobilise contracts
- Identify, prioritise and mitigate/manage risks & issues associated with bidding & delivery
- Bid with confidence; knowing schedule, cost & quality factors are fully considered
- Report/forecast accurately against key performance measures/indicators (KPIs)
- Continually improve delivery capability in parallel to bids & contracts
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop project plans, timelines, and resource allocation schedules
- Take full ownership of assigned activities whilst exercising a self managed approach
- Ensure information is delivered in a clear, concise and timely manner
- Be able to identify and appropriately apply the most relevant and effective process to able to successfully deliver their projects or address issues/risks
- Be able to monitor and self correct tasks to mee cost, time and quality objectives
- Track project progress against established milestones and identify potential risks or delays
- Support resource planning and scheduling to ensure optimal team utilization
- Maintain project documentation including meeting notes, action items, and project status reports
- Manage project documentation repositories and maintain version control systems
- Assist in implementing project management best practices and process improvements
- Support quality assurance activities and ensure deliverables meet established standards
- Schedule and facilitate project meetings, including the preparation of agendas and follow-up action items
- Assist in monitoring project expenditures to ensure alignment with the allocated budget
- Identify and document project risks and opportunities for review and action by senior leadership
- Assist with project procurement by helping to manage resources and vendor relationships
- Building and actively managing project teams
- Identifying, prioritising and actively managing risks & issues associated with bids & live contracts; includes elements of collaboration around identifying risks and escalating
- Ensure all project artefacts meet the standards of the Roke’s QMS – includes plans, estimates, specifications, architecture & design documents, software, test plans & results, manufacturing data, etc
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
- Appropriate Project Management qualifications (e.g. APM, PMI, Prince2)
- Relevant degree and/or experience required
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Project Managers will be APM PMQ qualified or equivalent or working towards a qualification
- Experience in either products and product development or research and consultancy
- Experience in delivering Product
Why You Should Join Us
We have a competitive salary and access to a number of additional flexible benefits, which will cover Health and Wellbeing, Savings and Protection & Life, Leisure and Entertainment.
Roke has a great community of groups with shared interests. These enable people to share ideas and be passionate about tools, technologies & techniques, which interest them.
We are committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Inclusion. Our working environment is friendly, creative and inclusive and support a diverse work-force and those with additional needs.
Security Information
Due to the nature of this position, we require you to be willing and eligible to achieve a minimum of SC clearance. To qualify, you should be a British Citizen and have resided in the UK for the last 5 years for SC.
The Next Step
Click apply, submitting an up-to-date CV. We look forward to hearing from you.
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