Capital Projects Senior Manager

Our Mission

At Vertical Aerospace, we are pioneering the way for electric aviation. The Valo, our eVTOL (electric, vertical, take-off and landing), 'zero emissions' aircraft will set a new safety standard for how we will navigate the sky.

We won't realise our mission following the same legacy processes and traditions our predecessors followed, instead, we want to 'redefine' aerospace best practices. We are growing quickly from a prototype business to a scaling SME, and the next few years will be critical to our success and delivering on our ambitious goals. Valo is targeting airliner-level safety certification in 2028 ahead of entering service with our airline and operator customers.

What to Expect

This role supports the delivery of the property programme across all UK sites. The team owns strategic planning, delivery oversight, and compliance assurance for infrastructure and facilities works. Project delivery may be handled centrally or locally, but all reporting and assurance flows through the central property function.

As the Capital Projects Senior Manager, you’ll lead and coordinate the delivery of property and facilities projects across our UK sites, reporting directly to the Head of Property. You’ll take ownership of large-scale projects and oversee the successful delivery of smaller, or specialist works led by local Facilities Managers or technical teams. You’ll retain central reporting responsibilities, ensuring all projects meet strategic goals, budget and timeline expectations, and safety standards. This is a highly collaborative role working across engineering, operations, and compliance teams to support Vertical’s evolving infrastructure needs.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the planning and delivery of large-scale property and infrastructure projects across multiple UK sites

• Oversee and support the execution of smaller or specialist projects delivered by local Facilities Managers or technical leads

• Maintain central reporting and governance across all projects, ensuring transparency, consistency, and alignment to strategic goals

• Act as the technical lead for property compliance and construction-related contracting

• Lead stakeholder engagement to capture requirements and develop robust project briefs — taking ideas from concept through to delivery

• Manage project timelines, budgets, and performance against key milestones

• Manage contractor relationships, tendering processes, and contract performance

• Provide assurance that all construction activities are delivered in compliance with CDM regulations and other statutory requirements

• Collaborate closely with teams in engineering, operations, HSE, and leadership — as well as local Workplace Managers, Facilities Managers, and technical leads — to minimise disruption and maximise value

• Identify risks early and lead the resolution of project challenges to maintain programme momentum

What You’ll Bring

• A passion to deliver great projects

• Have a real people focus

• Extensive project management experience, ideally 5+ years delivering property or infrastructure projects in complex environments

• Strong understanding of building systems, services, and how to manage them through the full project lifecycle

• Experience in highly regulated industries such as aerospace, automotive, or advanced manufacturing is beneficial but not essential

• Skilled in engaging and influencing a wide range of stakeholders, from site teams to senior leadership

• Comfortable being hands-on when needed to unblock challenges or drive progress

• Working knowledge of CDM regulations, with a focus on ensuring compliant delivery through contractors and partners

• Professional project management qualification or equivalent hands-on experience (e.g. APM, PMP, Prince2)

• NEBOSH or SMSTS certification would be an advantage

• Strong IT skills, including use of project planning and reporting tools

What can you expect from us?

We're on a mission. Where others see limits, we see opportunity, and we work at pace. Working at Vertical isn't your average role but for those seeking a challenge, a flexible, supportive organisation and an incredible team; working here is an opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Our approach promotes ingenuity and courage, while our environment builds success through diligence in safety and being open in the way we work. The only way we're going to assure the next chapter of aviation history is by working as a team, relentlessly, towards our goal. 

Our benefits

Our people matter - we're not going anywhere without them. Which is why our company benefits go beyond the essentials.

• 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 - rewarding company and individual performance

• Company Share Scheme - open to every Vertical employee

• Company Pension Scheme - 5% and we match it

• Breakfast on us, every day

We may just be the hardest job you've ever had, but we're confident it will be the most rewarding. Join the team today and help us shape the future of Advanced Air Mobility.

Disclaimer Statement

We encourage you to apply even if you may not have all the experience listed in the advert. We recognise that talent comes in various forms and we are committed to providing opportunities that create an environment of growth, diversity, and inclusion for everyone. As part of our desire to review and make our processes fair, we may ask you questions related to these aspects during the application process. For more information on how we will use your data, see our Legal section.