Graduate Project Manager

Launch Your Career in the Defence sector! Are you a Junior/Graduate Project Manager with at least 1 year of practical work experience and a formal qualification, looking for your first big "ownership" role?

This global engineering firm have a rare opportunity for someone at the start of their career to lead cross-functional projects end-to-end, from initial planning and gated development right through to production and customer delivery.

Salary £40-45,000 for this hybrid role with 3 days per week on site near Middlesbrough. 

You won't just be a "coordinator" here, but a proper PM: you will be the face of the project to global customers and the glue that holds Engineering, Manufacturing, and Finance together.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Project Ownership: Leading the planning and delivery of multiple projects (both internal R&D and external customer contracts).
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Working "hands-on" with Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure products meet time, cost, and quality benchmarks.
• Stakeholder Management: Providing frequent updates and managing expectations for both internal leadership and external clients.
• Financial & Risk Control: Managing project budgets, revenue forecasting, and proactively mitigating risks before they become issues.

What You Need: Here's the essentials....

• Experience: Minimum of 1 year in a Project Management environment (perfect for a placement year student or recent grad).
• Qualification: You must hold a formal PM qualification (e.g., APM, Prince2, or Agile).
• Skills: Strong communication, an analytical mindset, and the ability to manage a schedule.
• Right to Work: You must have the permanent right to work in the UK (no sponsorship available).
• Bonus points for: A degree in a relevant field (Engineering) or experience with New Product Introduction (NPI).

Why You Will Love This Job: This company knows how to look after their staff, this package is hard to beat...

• Work-Life Balance: Early finish every Friday, 32 days annual leave (rising to 37), plus your Birthday and Christmas Eve off.
• Financial Upside: Participation in the company profit-share scheme and a 7% employer pension contribution.
• Health & Support: Private healthcare cash plan, GP24 service, and enhanced sick pay/maternity/paternity leave.
• Career Growth: Full CPD support and your annual professional body subscriptions covered.
• Culture: A collaborative, "bold" environment with free parking and a high-performance team.

If you have the qualification, the drive, and at least a year of experience, this is the perfect place to build your career in a massively growing sector. Apply today!