Technical Project Manager id-8294

May 9, 2025

Role Overview:

Working on the Collins Aerospace Passenger Processing suite of products, the Technical Project Manager is the primary contact between the commercial business and the development center for each project. The Technical Project Manager will engage the business at project initiation phase and follow each project from Initiation, Business Analysis and Order Acceptance through the development cycles of Acceptance / Planning / Development / Quality Assurance and User Acceptance testing. The Technical Project Manager provides a focal point for all deliverables from Airports Engineering and will engage with Collins Aerospace Global Sales and Launch teams.

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Role Responsibilities:

• Accountability and ownership of the allocated projects to determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for team members required for specific projects or initiatives.

• Develop and implement detailed Project Plans, Test Plans, Resource Plans, and other project documentation as specifically required for each project.

• Apply project management skills and techniques, such as team leading, multi-tasking and financial awareness to deliver high quality projects.

• Assign and oversee the daily tasks of technical personnel while ensuring all subordinates are actively working toward established milestones.

• Provide input for costing and resource estimates to the Bids and Proposals team.

• Maintain project documentation in accordance with company ISO standards and CMS processes. Provide regular project updates/presentations to management.

• Hold / participate in regular business stakeholder meetings and update on project statuses to both internal management and clients.

• Manage the completed project handover to Customer Account Management Team, or Site Management Staff, enabling them to rapidly pick-up the continuing life and needs of the project deliverable.

Who You Are: If you’re an enthusiastic, talented, and resourceful Technical Project Manager with the relevant skills & experience, we invite you to talk to us about this opportunity based in our UK Brighton Development Centre.

What You’ll Do: Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Project Management, Airport Engineering, you will be instrumental in turning our customer complex projects into a success, while being attentive to our overall objectives and commercial opportunities.

Essential Skills:

• Experience in a Technical Project manager role or related field.

• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods

• Professional Project Management Certification from accredited intuition preferred but not mandatory.

• Excellent time management, planning, and organizational skills with a track record of following through on commitments and delivering successful projects.

• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision-making and supervising department teams.

• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.

• Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills & excellent documentation skills.

• Experience working in a high-level collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.

• Managerial experience applying analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to predict challenges and seek to proactively head-off obstacles.

• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Visio and MS Project.

• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.

• Knowledge of Airport Passenger processing, Airline Departure Control Systems (DCS) would be considered an advantage.

Collins Aerospace Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. We believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable us to deliver the best results for our workforce, workplace, and customers. We are committed to fostering a culture where all employees can share their passions and ideas so we can tackle the toughest challenges in our industry and pave new paths to limitless possibility.

What we can offer you:

• Competitive Salary

• Private Medical Insurance

• Health & Wellbeing Cash Plan

• Fantastic Pension Scheme which operates as a 2:1 match up to 10%

• Life Assurance

• 25 days vacation plus bank holidays plus the ability to buy/sell 5 days per year

• Flexible working

• Employee selectable top up benefits

• And so much more!

About us:

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

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