Project Lead, Engineering, Product Engineer

With over 70 years of engineering excellence and more than 3000 employees in 20 countries, Southco is a global leader for the manufacturing of engineered access solutions, products that you and thousands of others interact with every day. Our products form what we call  touch points , such as locks, latches, fasteners, hinges, handles and many other products that serve virtually hundreds of industries worldwide.

The Project Lead role sits within the EU Strategic Business Unit (SBU) Project Management team based in Worcester, UK. The role ensures excellent project management in the development and launch of new Southco products, helping to drive new sales and growth for the EU region.

The Project Lead will manage SBU and New Project Development (NPD) project teams through all stages of the new product introduction cycle, including design, prototyping, tooling, testing, through to customer approval, internal production sign-off, and launch of Southco standard and/or custom products.

The role involves close networking and co-ordination across multiple Southco functions, in particular with Sales, SBU Engineering, and NPD teams within Southco facilities both local and global, plus customers and external suppliers. Throughout the development process the Project Lead will manage and support the project team to ensure that the project budget, timelines and product specifications are met.

• Fluent in English and 1 other EU language (German or Italian preferred)
• PM Qualification such as Prince2 – preferred
• Manufacturing industry experience and good manufacturing process knowledge, e.g. injection moulding, die casting, metal forming, assembly, etc – preferred
• Experience of electromechanical products and mechanisms, eg, including Motors, PCB, Firmware – preferred
• Good financial and cost breakdown knowledge - preferred

Southco employees enjoy an excellent work/life balance, globally competitive compensation, and global and local connections with colleagues from around world who share the same vision and passion. Being part of the Southco family means being part of a success story that spans for almost a century and is still being written by people just like you today.