Skills

Communication Adaptability Negotiation Sales Effective Communication

Job Specifications

Project Manager

Industrial Automation

Midlands

Summary of Role

Responsible for thoroughly understanding, reviewing and communicating multiple project requirements to appropriate team members and managing all stakeholder requirements accordingly. As a Senior Project Manager, you will also be expected to lead a portfolio of complex, high-value projects.

Job Responsibilities

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

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

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

Personal Qualities

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

About the Company

Values: We believe we’re not like other recruitment companies. With a core leadership team that have worked for Wynne Consulting for 15 + years we harness expertise within the sectors we work in. For us, it’s all about honesty, integrity, transparency, hard work and a focus on delivering. Far too many players in the recruitment world focus on short-term; money-driven solutions. Our focus is on long-term; collaborative relationships where our expert team work tirelessly to help our clients overcome the challenges recruiti... Know more