Project Manager - Operational UAS Programme

About the role

Tekever is recruiting a Project Manager for an operational UAS programme delivered to a UK MOD customer. The role is dedicated to this single programme and reports directly to the Programme Director. It supports the sustainment of a fleet of deployed UAS in continuous operational use, with short planning timescales and frequent changes in priority. The position is based at the Tekever Bristol site.

Key responsibilities

• Delivery coordination: turn programme decisions into tracked, owned actions across engineering, operations, logistics and commercial teams in the UK and Portugal, and follow them through to closure.
• Fleet sustainment support: coordinate the planning, tasking and tracking that keeps the deployed fleet available and supported.
• Jira and Confluence ownership: administer and improve the programme's boards, workflows and documentation, keeping them as the authoritative record of delivery status.
• Scheduling and planning: maintain accurate programme schedules and re-plan as operational requirements change.
• Reporting: run the programme's reporting cycle, producing outputs for working-level and executive audiences.
• Risk management: maintain the risk register, track mitigation actions to completion and escalate with recommendations.

Required profile

• Project delivery experience in the Defence sector, with an understanding of the MOD customer environment.
• Experience driving actions to closure across teams outside your direct line management.
• A recognised project management qualification (e.g. APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner) or equivalent experience.
• Eligibility for UK Security Check (SC) clearance; TEKEVER will sponsor vetting, and existing clearance is an advantage.
• Right to work in the UK.

Required skills

• Working competence in Jira and Confluence, including configuring boards and workflows from regular hands-on use.
• Strong written and spoken English.

What we offer

• Competitive salary with a discretionary annual bonus and a company pension contribution match of up to 10%.
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, private medical insurance, private dental care and an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Career development opportunities and a flexible hybrid model, typically three days a week at core UK sites.
• A rewards platform with high street discounts and salary sacrifice schemes, including Electric Car, Cycle to Work and Technology options.