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Technical Project Manager

MatchtechReading, Berkshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 8 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This role offers a significant opportunity to lead critical technical projects within the Aerospace & Defence sector, developing your skills in project execution and stakeholder management. You'll thrive here if you possess a strong background in technical project delivery and active SC clearance, making this an excellent chance to contribute to impactful work.

Quick Overview

Salary
£83/hr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Temporary/Casual
Work mode
On Site
Location
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Posted
2 days ago
AgilePrince2

Job Description

Technical Project Manager / Project Engineer (x4)

Clearance: Active SC (UKEO)
Location: Reading - 50% onsite minimum
Rate: £82.57 per hour (Umbrella)
IR35: Inside IR35
Duration: Initially to 26 March 2027
Openings: 4 (Synthetics / ITEA / TLS / Process & Integration)

Overview

We're recruiting 4 Technical Project Engineer / Technical Project Manager profiles to support a sensitive Aerospace & Defence programme. You'll own the technical execution and delivery of project activity, acting as the main technical interface between engineering teams and delivery management, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, quality and governance.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate technical activities across engineering teams and stakeholders.
  • Track delivery against objectives, milestones, and technical deliverables.
  • Manage and report RAID (risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies) and escalate appropriately.
  • Support creation/maintenance of project plans and technical roadmaps.
  • Provide technical leadership and first-line technical decision-making within scope.
  • Manage technical interfaces with customers, suppliers and internal teams.
  • Support reporting, forecasting, and performance monitoring.
  • Ensure adherence to engineering processes, standards and governance.
  • Support configuration management and change control.
  • Facilitate technical reviews and milestone assessments.

Skillset / experience required

Essential

  • Active SC clearance (UKEO).
  • Experience delivering technical projects/work packages in Aerospace & Defence / MOD / Defence Digital environments.
  • Project planning & scheduling (critical path, milestones).
  • Dependency/interface planning and stakeholder coordination.
  • RAID and change control; forecasting and reporting.
  • Degree qualified (Engineering or related technical discipline).

Desirable

  • DV clearance.
  • APM / PRINCE2 / PMI / Agile / scheduling qualification.
  • Regulated engineering delivery experience (Aerospace / Defence / Automotive).
  • Digital engineering / test / simulation / through-life support exposure.
  • Multi-partner / supplier delivery experience.

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