Project Manager

Salary: £72,000 – £78,000 per year

Project Manager

Aerospace Industry

Wolverhampton

Permanent

Our client, a leading Aerospace and Defence company, are looking for an experienced Project Manager to join their team in Wolverhampton on a permanent basis. The company are one of the world’s leading suppliers in heat transfer and fluids management products and services for the military and commercial Aerospace markets and electronics industries.

Reporting to the Programmes Manager, the Project Manager will manage several projects and teams through the whole product life cycle. The successful candidate will be an expert in the project management process and tools and will have extensive experience in successfully managing multidisciplinary teams in complex project environment.

 The Project Manager will be accountable for the success of their projects and will integrate efforts between all functions (engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality and others as required) to manage risk ensuring the teams delight the customer and stakeholders by meeting cost, schedule and requirement targets.

Responsibilities:

• Leadership of multiple projects including New Product Introduction (NPI) running concurrently and within a matrix organization in conjunction with other project managers
• Accountable for the delivery of all project milestones across
• Effective management and mitigation of project risk throughout product life cycle
• Generate a strong focus on customer relationships whilst motivating team members on delivering internal objectives
• Creation and maintenance of robust, adequately detailed and resourced project plans to enable progress, track cost and accurately forecast resource requirements
• Provide regular and effective project performance updates to management including key project metrics such as Earned Value Management System (EVMS).
• Manage projects in line with the internal Management System (CMS) including leading effective gate reviews to senior management
• Pro-actively manage changes in project scope, identify potential risks and define mitigation actions
• Lead or support creation of new bids and proposals with responsibility for planning and commercial aspects
• Lead various types of project such as NPI, R&D and lean manufacturing
• Participate and lead continuous improvement activities to drive efficiency and eliminate waste within processes and the organization
• Promote a culture of high performance, innovation and continuous improvement
• Contribute to improving the programmes team through process and tool development

Minimum Requirements:

• Education – Educated to degree level or relevant experience in a relevant engineering discipline, a recognized project management qualification is highly desirable
• Experience – Demonstrated experience in leading and delivering complex engineering projects, preferably in the Aerospace industry (heat exchangers)
• Demonstrated expertise in managing issues and scope changes while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements
• Experience in project financial and resource planning and management, ensuring a complete and accurate view is available on request
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to convey effective direction using strong written and verbal skills.
• Excellent skills in communication and reporting to customers, suppliers and internal stakeholders at all levels

This position may involve access to export controlled information and hardware where an export license would be required for compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Employment will be subject to satisfactory security checks, export license approval, and if required, completion of a non-disclosure agreement.

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