PMO; Project Management Officer

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a PMO (Project Management Officer) to join the team with our prestigious client at their site in Broughton(Chester).

An exciting opportunity exists to join our manufacturing engineering department. The successful candidate will be motivated and passionate to maximise and drive best practice Project Management governance, methods and tools across manufacturing engineering. As a Safety Integrator / PMO, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful planning, execution, and monitoring of workload projects across the organisation. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented individual with a strong understanding of project management principles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

The primary focus will be within the manufacturing engineering safety team perimeter.

• Ensuring projects are supported with a strong Project Management Expertise and that appropriate Project & Programme Management structure, governance and practices are applied.
• Working with the manufacturing project leaders & project organisation on a day-to-day basis.
• Raising the understanding and acceptance of best practice project management within the ME teams by coaching and providing awareness sessions, challenging project leaders where needed.
• Shaping methods and tools in accordance with PM standards to the needs of the project / activity.
• Supporting efficient communication and stakeholder management, ensuring that activities are aligned with interfacing projects and operations.
• Promoting Agile WoW and acting as a driving force for project activities where needed.
• Establishing E2E project plans and controlling all changes versus the initial baseline, identifying associated Earned Value Management (EVM) milestones and project critical paths.
• Tracking performance versus plan throughout the project lifecycle, analysing project information to anticipate deviations from target and proposing preventive / corrective actions to support project level decision making, and providing clear and regular reporting throughout all project phases.
• Driving the Risk & Opportunity Management process in line with the existing R&OM plan, owning the associated R&O register and regularly providing the Project Leader.
• Jointly working with Finance to compare cost incurred and time spent for progress achieved against current planning.
• Preparing and publishing reports as required, defining and delivering relevant KPls & dashboards for effective performance management, contributing to all team reviews as required, and preparing and supporting project management reviews (PRM, Operational meetings etc.).