Project Coordinator – up to 6 month FTC

Project Coordinator – up to 6 month FTC

Chemring Countermeasures is a world leading and innovative company, designing and developing countermeasure solutions to armed forces throughout the world. We are part of the Chemring Group of companies and have a solid global infrastructure, which also helps us to thrive.

The Project Coordinator will be required to play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of the programme.

The responsibilities of the role include (but are not limited to):

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive task completion and maintain project momentum.
• Provide regular project updates, ensuring transparency and alignment with organisational objectives
• Work closely with Transformation leads, our delivery partner(s) and wider CCM team
• Help to develop training materials and provide guidance to teams involved
• Generate and maintain reports on related project activities

Project Coordinator Specification:

• Right to live and work in the UK, with ability to obtain a DBS application
• Proven experience in project coordination or similar
• Bachelor's degree is desirable but not essential
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities
• Knowledge of lean principles, six sigma, or other process improvement methodologies
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficiency in using relevant software tools and systems for planning and inventory management, especially Dynamics365 and the Power Platform.

This role will be worked over a 4.5 day week; Monday to Thursday 08:00 – 16:45 and Friday 08:00 – 12:30. Flexibility in this role is critical to the success of supporting the team.

About Chemring Countermeasures

Chemring Countermeasures has a culture built on our values of Safety, Excellence and Innovation. We continue our investment in the very best people to contribute to our delivery of highly reliable solutions. We are seeking individuals who are not only of the highest calibre for today’s business but have the capability to perform at even higher standards to meet the needs of tomorrow’s threats facing our armed forces.

We have more than 50 years’ experience at the forefront of Radio Frequency (RF) and Infrared (IR) expendable decoy research, design and manufacture, we operate at the leading edge of expendable countermeasure technology.

What is offered:

• We actively encourage an open and collaborative culture across our site through the recognised suggestion scheme and reward and recognition scheme
• 5.5 weeks’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• A generous pension scheme
• Share save scheme
• Holiday buying and selling scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which includes dietary advice, wellbeing initiatives, family matters and counselling support
• We hold annual social events
• Cultural days
• Free on-site parking
• Podiatrist
• Weekly fruit baskets

Armed Forces Covenant

We are proud to support the armed forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant. We recognise the value that Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reserves, Veterans, Uniformed Cadet Instructors and Service Families contribute to our business and the United Kingdom.

If this position is of interest, please contact our Recruitment Team with an up-to-date CV.

Reference ID: 24R0067