Graduate Project Manager - Weapons; GDP

Graduate Project Manager - Weapons (GDP - September 2026 Start)

Date posted:

Location:

Harlow, Essex, UK (GBR
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Harlow, Essex, Kao One, Kao Park, Harlow, CM17 9NA
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Employment type:

Permanent – 2‑year Graduate Development Programme (GDP), with biannual pay reviews

Start date:

Monday 7 September 2026

Working hours:

Full‑time (37‑hour week, with early finish on Fridays)

Annual salary: £34,000 plus company benefits

Graduates will join a team of over 100 programme delivery professionals across the UK. As a Graduate Project Manager you will be engaged from day one, performing real projects, balancing time, cost and scope, interfacing with various support disciplines and communicating with customers and senior leadership. You will solve real‑life problems and directly contribute to business goals.

PMX offers a Programme Leadership Certification programme and continuous learning. Each certification level provides targeted training to support your growth. Progression is merit‑based, with opportunities to take on more challenging roles and fully certified Raytheon Project Managers.

• Minimum 2:2 undergraduate degree in Project Management, Business Management, STEM subject, or any degree with a focus on Project Management & Leadership (already achieved or to be completed by 7 September 2026)
• Successful completion of the SC Security Clearance application.
• Flexibility on location and ability to travel to UK facilities and overseas.
• Excellent STEM skills demonstrated through academic achievement.
• Passion for succeeding in a fast‑paced, technology industry.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build effective working relationships.
• Full CV, including university and pre‑university grades, and a cover letter explaining why you are applying (the cover letter is mandatory).

• Leadership Development: coaching, mentoring and career support.
• Business skills: project management, supply chain, strategy, etc.
• Access to award‑winning STEM team and UK‑wide events.
• Community Impact: ‘Million Makers’ challenge with King’s Trust to support social impact projects.
• Microsoft Training: improving Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Pay reviews: biannual reviews in the first two years.
• Networking: attendance at early careers and STEM events.

“The great thing about being a Graduate Project Manager is that no two days are the same & you get a real satisfaction of seeing a project through its life‑cycle. One day you could be with the team briefing senior leadership about new business we are trying to win & the next you could be collaborating face‑to‑face with your customer to ensure we are delivering their requirements to exceptional standards.

As a PM you are continuously working with different colleagues within the multi‑functional teams across Raytheon and pulling on their expertise and experiences. I've been given real responsibility with an appropriate amount of support from my seniors, which resulted in real satisfaction of adding value to the day‑to‑day life of the company. I really appreciated the opportunities I had while on Raytheon’s GDP.

Moving around the business I was able to experience first‑hand the diversity and impact of our game‑changing technologies, which has resulted in a greater understanding across the different parts of the business and bringing best practices with it.” 2 years post GDP

“I joined the Raytheon GDP following my Masters in 2015 in Cyber and Intelligence. Throughout my time on the GDP, I learned how to report on and manage project finances, how to engage with different stakeholder communities, think strategically and adapt quickly to new and daily challenges. I finished the graduate scheme in 2017 and now I’m the Project Manager for a portfolio of 12 projects.

I enjoy being a Project Manager as it’s challenging, fast paced and every day is different. I get to work with a variety of people, and I enjoy the responsibility and the accountability that comes with the day‑to‑day running of a project. I quickly learned that to be a successful Project Manager you had to develop good…