GCAP -Construct Management Specialist at Leonardo in Torino

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Job Description: Leonardo is one of the strategic industrial partners - together with British BAE Systems and Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), aimed at the development and production of a next-generation air system, defined as a ‘system of systems’. Used for multi-domain defence operations, the system is characterised by a ‘core platform’ connected with other piloted and uncrewed peripheral adjunct systems. The programme, one of the most challenging and futuristic in the Aerospace and Defence industry, will lead the technological revolution that will shape the sector over the next fifty years. It is aimed at strengthening the technological and industrial sovereignty of the involved countries, because it focuses on identifying and making available innovative enabling technologies that will ensure the generational leap, producing positive returns, as well as economic and social progress for the partners’ countries, benefitting the new generations. The people who will work on this programme will have the opportunity to embark on a professional growth path in an international and technologically advanced environment. Leonardo is one of the strategic industrial partners - together with British BAE Systems and Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), aimed at the development and production of a next-generation air system, defined as a ‘system of systems’. Used for multi-domain defence operations, the system is characterised by a ‘core platform’ connected with other piloted and uncrewed peripheral adjunct systems. The programme, one of the most challenging and futuristic in the Aerospace and Defence industry, will lead the technological revolution that will shape the sector over the next fifty years. It is aimed at strengthening the technological and industrial sovereignty of the involved countries, because it focuses on identifying and making available innovative enabling technologies that will ensure the generational leap, producing positive returns, as well as economic and social progress for the partners’ countries, benefitting the new generations. The people who will work on this programme will have the opportunity to embark on a professional growth path in an international and technologically advanced environment. Job Purpose Support Construct Manager to perform the delivery of construct work defining the baseline scope and managing change, ensuring the integration across the programme. Provide direct reports in construct work delivery-focused roles, driving the programme to meet its strategic and project delivery goals to time, cost and quality. This role will involve liaison with other business functions to safeguard the construct work delivery Key Accountabilities and Objectives Support to perform the delivery of construct work, ensuring integration across the programme. Assist to develop strategic plans for the construct work related projects. Support to provide construct work integrated schedule for allocated scope to support the development of a programme schedule at ICS/IMS level Report construct work progress and deviation to ensure consistency with the programme baseline and support informed decision-making within allocated scope and alignment with strategic objectives, scope, schedule, and cost. For construct work baseline changes (WP scope, cost, schedule), support to identify and propose recovery / mitigative / corrective actions. Qualifications Essential Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience. Desirable Qualifications: Bachelor’s or higher degree in relevant subject Professional certifications; example: PMP (Project Management Professional), PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM (Association for Project Management). Skills and Experience -Experience in leading large-scale projects/programmes/teams collaborating with different functions -Experience in complex programmes -Programme experience in delivering p