Project / Operation Manager

Job description

Description You are the execution engine behind every UK contract Xtend signs. This is not a traditional PMO role. You will build delivery, logistics, and operational discipline from the ground up - the structure that lets us scale from a single contract to a portfolio of MOD programmes without compromising quality or pace. The right candidate builds process while delivering the work, not before it. Core responsibilities: - Own delivery end-to-end across every UK contract - MAB, RAPSTONE, and the programmes coming behind them. Whatever it takes to ship on time and on specification. - Build the operational backbone: project plans, supplier coordination, RACI, milestones, customer reporting. The structure does not yet exist - you create it. - Run logistics, equipment movement, demos, and training events. Hands on the kit, not just on the schedule. - Coordinate execution across UK technical, BD, compliance, and global engineering teams - across time zones and engineering cultures. - Track delivery, budget, and risk at the project level. Escalate early. Resolve quickly. - Stand up the new UK facility as a delivery project in its own right - lease, fit-out, lab move, security, IT. - Be...