Project Support Assistant

Job Title – Project Support Assistant

Job Location – Brighton

Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

Job ID – 35896

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of our Release Systems & Antennas division operating in the Aerospace domain. For over 70 years, L3Harris has designed and developed industry-leading carriage and release systems for fighter, rotary-wing and unmanned platforms and we design, manufacture and test a large portion of our release systems portfolio in our Brighton facility which offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon.

Please note, our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve

This entry-level role primarily supports the successful delivery of a business critical, product development programme by providing direct assistance to the Senior Project Manager. The Projects Support Person will be exposed to other programmes, contributing to operational targets through structured support activities. The role is suited to a graduate or early-career professional with a positive attitude, strong organisational skills, and a willingness to learn.

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Provide day-to-day support to Project Managers and Senior PMs across a range of programmes
• Create and maintain team tasking boards under guidance of the PM team
• Assist with progress tracking, action follow-up, and coordination of project deliverables
• Prepare and maintain small-scale project schedules using MS Project (training provided as required)
• Support customer communications and updates under PM direction
• Format draft technical memos and assist with document preparation
• The position is for a full time, permanent employee and will primarily be office based (5 days on site).

What you’ll bring

The role requires the following experience and skills:

• Requires broad theoretical job knowledge. Bachelor’s Degree with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 4 years of prior related experience.

• Experience in a commercial business

Important to know

Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and will be subject to government security checks.