Project Manager – Airframe

The role

You will support the Senior Technical Programme Manager in delivering airframe programmes for certification and entry into service. You will work with engineering teams and suppliers to manage plans, risks, and milestones across various work packages.

What you will do

• Support end-to-end programme delivery for Aerostructures, Cabin Interiors, EWIS, System Installation and Landing Gear workstreams
• Build and maintain integrated schedules using MS Project
• Coordinate with suppliers to track progress and manage deliverables
• Identify, track and mitigate programme risks
• Monitor performance against cost, schedule and quality targets
• Maintain programme reporting and dashboards using tools such as Jira
• Support change control to align plans with technical and certification requirements

Required qualifications

• 3+ Years experience in a project or programme delivery role within aerospace or another relevant engineering discipline
• Supplier and internal stakeholder management and tracking third-party deliverables
• Experience using planning and tracking tools such as MS Project and Jira
• Strong organisational skills
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Confidence working with engineering teams
• Proactive, solutions-focused mindset
• Ability to manage ambiguity
• Engineering degree or equivalent practical experience
• Readiness to work 4+ days per week in Bristol
• Readiness to undertake occasional international travel

Nice to have

• Exposure to new product development programmes within Aerospace or another relevant engineering sector

Benefits

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holiday
• 5 extra days per year to buy (or sell)
• 5 extra days holiday when you get married or enter a civil partnership
• Additional 4% of your salary to spend on extra benefits
• Award-winning digital health and wellbeing service (Help@Hand)
• Company performance based bonus
• Company Share Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it
• Breakfast on us, every day

About the company

Vertical Aerospace is pioneering electric aviation with the Valo eVTOL aircraft. The company is growing from a prototype business to a scaling SME.