Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

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• Collect all contractual obligations, commercial & technical information available from the sales & proposal stage
• Be responsible to thoroughly understand, review and communicate stakeholder requirements to appropriate team members and manage all requirements accordingly to realise them for the stakeholders
• Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed, provide timely feedback
• Lead resource planning and engagement with Engineering Teams to have the proper resources available, schedule and assign all the project tasks according to the contractual obligations and customer’s expectations
• Maintain effective communication and working relationships with customers and project team members
• Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to Directors
• Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view
• Troubleshoot technical issues when the need arises and escalating appropriately as needed
• Facilitate productivity by ensuring that the team has tools to succeed
• Monitor and control stage payments & costs that need to stay within contract obligations & budget limits. Including approval of payments to subcontractors and buyouts suppliers
• Manage the documentation exchange (soft and hardware copies) as per contract keeping trace with official document list and dedicated transmittals
• Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals
• Secure the quality and timely delivery of goods and components through expediting activities
• Organise and attend FAT verifying the full availability of contract goods and needed documentation and instrumentation. Obtain from the customer the signed final acceptance certificate
• Organise and attend to site meetings and surveys with the customer
• Responsible for the change order management, engaging also into negotiation with customers for additional price recognition
• Follow up the project during installation and commissioning stage with particular focus on activities schedule and H&S topics
• Mentor and support junior team members, including project managers and project co-ordinators
• Other duties as required

• University Degree in Electrical Electronic Engineering
• Formal qualification in Project Managing
• Proficiency in MS Office and MS Project is required
• Excellent verbal and written English language skills
• Experience as proposal / sales engineer, proposal manager, project manager, procurement manager
• Familiarity with the Automation industry is a must
• Willing to travel for approximately 25% of the time throughout UK, occasional overseas travel

• Being a great team player as well as the ability to work off own initiative
• Excellent communication skills, both oral & written
• Confident and pro-active with an organised approach to work
• Situational adaptability
• Good problem solver
• Hands on attitude
• Enthusiastic and able to be relied upon

• Competitive salary
• Holidays 25 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Bonus scheme
• BUPA Medical plan
• Car allowance
• Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Flexible working
• Programme of personal development & training
• Free car parking at the Technology Hub
• EV charge points on-site
• Social & wellbeing activity programme
• Bike 2 work scheme

Location:

Telford

Job:
Permanent

Job Reference: S/PM001

Seniority level:
Mid-Senior level

Employment type:

Full-time

Job function:
Project Management and Information Technology

Industries:
Automation Machinery Manufacturing

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