Job Description

Contract Project Manager - Engineering / Manufacturing

Project Manager - Engineering / Manufacturing 

6 months +

Fantastic opportunity for a motivated Engineering Project Manager with experience of managing the New Product Development Projects (NPD / NPI)  to support a number of concurrent projects of varying sizes and complexity as part of a team of bright, highly motivated multi-disciplined engineers.

It’s an exciting period of development within the business and as a result the company have significant projects and need a talented Project Manager to enable them to realise and deliver these projects and ensure key budget, milestone and performance targets are met. 

As Project Manager you will have responsibility for working with multi-disciplined teams across manufacturing, engineering / R&D through to supply chain and quality to ensure milestones are met at each key gate / stage.

With responsibility for several new product development projects from cradle to grave, you will be accountable for the technical performance of projects spanning Planning and Control, coordination of multi-disciplined teams, process and efficiency improvements through to safety and reliability and procedural adherence.  An engineering background is essential as you will be supporting a highly skilled team of manufacturing, hardware, mechanical and electronic engineers.

The position will suit a talented HND / degree qualified Engineer (in either a mechanical / electro-mechanical / electrical or related engineering discipline) with:

Proven experience of managing complex manufacturing projects / complex NPI / NPD projects  within a production / engineering environment:

First class influencing and presentation skills are required as this is a high visibility role

Technical background in engineering / R&D

A background of project managing within the engineering sector essential

Microsoft Project / MS Project /Prince 2, APMP or similar project management expertise

Please contact Alison Kemp for further details / to discuss your applications or apply via the link