Project Manager, Operations Management, Project & Program Management

JOB SUMMARY

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for the management of microelectronics and optoelectronics product projects within the defence sector. This includes planning and implementing production capacity to meet increased customer order requirements, delivering cost-reduction and process-improvement initiatives through continuous improvement methodologies such as LEAN and Kaizen, and managing current and future component obsolescence strategies, including Integrated Logistics Support (ILS).

The role will act as a key customer interface and will be responsible for reporting through quarterly business reviews, weekly work-in-progress tracking, Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), delivery schedules, capacity plans, quality control audits, repairs, and returns.

• Provide project leadership for high-reliability and defence contracts, including planning and defining scope, directing and coordinating project activities, and reporting on complex, high-visibility projects.
• Maintain overall accountability for tracking, reporting, and forecasting project performance against approved schedule and budget baselines, both internally and with customers.
• Manage new product development and product redesign projects in accordance with the SCL product design process.
• Chair and present project gate reviews from initial kick-off through to production handover, including the management of any necessary qualification activities.
• Act as a key customer interface, supporting regular customer meetings and providing accurate and timely project reports.
• Assist in the management of changes to project scope, schedules, and costs using appropriate verification techniques, ensuring project plans remain accurate, current, and reflective of authorised changes.
• Ensure adherence to internal project management processes, including the use of Earned Value reporting as part of the monthly reporting process.
• Prepare and submit appropriate customer documentation, including Project Management Plans, project schedules, and other documentation required as part of the deliverable data pack.
• Support bids and proposals as required, including bid management and the definition and development of project budgets.
• Populate, maintain, and score project risk registers, including defining and implementing appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Complete project optimisation activities with a focus on inventory metrics, cost understanding, capacity planning, lead-time reduction, and on-time delivery through projects and programmes that continuously improve Site operational performance.
• Understand, plan, and implement production processes and equipment to meet required production volumes.
• Work with the Process Engineering Manager to identify appropriate solutions, evaluate necessary trade-offs, and complete the qualification of production lines and processes required to meet customer demand.

• Support the effective transition of projects from initial kick-off through to production handover.
• Coordinate with relevant internal functions to ensure project objectives, qualification requirements, production volumes, and customer commitments are achieved.
• Support continuous improvement and cost-reduction activities using methodologies such as LEAN and Kaizen.
• Manage current and future component obsolescence strategies, including relevant Integrated Logistics Support activities.
• Support quarterly business reviews and provide regular updates on work in progress, FRACAS activities, delivery schedules, production capacity, quality control audits, repairs, and returns.
• Maintain project documentation and reporting in accordance with internal processes, contractual…