Programme Office - 12 Month Placement

at  LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

REQUIRED SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong analytical skills
• Good verbal and written communications
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office and proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong inter-personal skills indicating an aptitude for independence and leadership combined with ability for working in a team environment.
• A self-starter.
  This vacancy requires all successful candidates to be processed for a HM Government security clearance, which stipulates, at a minimum, that the applicant must have been a resident in the UK for at least the last five years.

ABOUT THE ROLE

An exciting 12 month placement for students studying a degree which includes a year in employment.
A placement within the Programme Office will enable participants to engage with the core Programme Control competencies including; risk, cost, schedule and proposal management. Risk management spans disciplines including managing risks and opportunities within assigned programme(s); facilitating at internal and external risk reviews and brainstorms and conducting risk analysis to help determine programme’s risk exposures and tolerances. Cost control spans disciplines such as; Earned Value Management, Control Account & Work Package Management, Management Reserve, Programme Office Directives, Budgets and cost & variance reporting. Schedule management will include baselining, maintaining and statusing a linked schedule and understanding the role of scheduling within the Earned Value Management system.