Engineering Project Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Blatchford
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Basingstoke, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Engineering Project Manager at Blatchford will oversee critical new product development projects within a multi-disciplinary R&D team, ensuring compliance with ISO13485 standards. This role is offered as a six-month fixed-term contract and focuses on managing project requirements, timelines, and risks while delivering high-quality mobility solutions. The position requires extensive project management experience, particularly in regulated environments such as medical devices. The successful candidate will contribute to the company's commitment to innovation and user wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities:
- Proactively identifying & documenting detailed project requirements across the business
- Facilitating the timely scoping of key projects to determine success criteria appropriately balance need for business consensus
- Providing periodic and accurate headline summaries for significant projects and an accurate predication of project trend
- Maintaining a detailed schedule throughout the project of the delivery of key project milestones, working proactively to minimise delay against agreed project timelines
- Identifying project risks in a structured way and proactively mitigate them
- Innovatively using internal and external resource to efficiently deliver business value to appropriate quality standards
- Proactively managing project change with the appropriate use of suitable project management
- Dynamically adapting formal and informal communication strategy to stakeholders across business
Key Skills:
- Engineering degree or related technical discipline
- Extensive hands-on Project Management experience, preferably supporting complex Medical Device delivery or from another regulated environment (e.g. Aerospace or Defence development, Life Sciences etc)
- Experience in volume-manufactured solutions, preferably in the healthcare industry (experience in other regulated industries may be acceptable)
- Knowledge of contemporary Project Management tools & techniques e.g. PMI (PMBOK), PRINCE 2, Critical Chain, Agile etc
- Experience of defining complex multidisciplinary plans, implementing and controlling
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or ISO 13485 in a complex development environment
- Sound understanding of risk management principles applied to the development of medical devices
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Basingstoke
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Blatchford is a multi-award-winning, global, manufacturer of some of the world’s most advanced prosthetic technology, bespoke seating solutions and orthotic devices. Our evidence-based approach and commitment to continuously challenge possibilities ensures our mobility solutions prioritise the wellbeing and long-term health of our users. Through science, technology, and maintaining a clear focus on people, we make mobility possible. Due to the continued growth and development of our multi-disciplinary R&D team, we are excited to be recruiting for an Engineering Project Manager to join project management team. ***This role is initially offered of a six-month, fixed term contract***
The role As Engineering Project Manager , you will be managing critical and complex new product development projects in compliance with the ISO13485.
Key duties:
- Proactively identifying & documenting detailed project requirements across the business
- Facilitating the timely scoping of key projects to determine success criteria appropriately balance need for business consensus
- Providing periodic and accurate headline summaries for significant projects and an accurate predication of project trend
- Maintaining a detailed schedule throughout the project of the delivery of key project milestones, working proactively to minimise delay against agreed project timelines
- Identifying project risks in a structured way and proactively mitigate them
- Innovatively using internal and external resource to efficiently deliver business value to appropriate quality standards
- Proactively managing project change with the appropriate use of suitable project management
- Dynamically adapting formal and informal communication strategy to stakeholders across business.
What are we looking?
- Engineering degree or related technical discipline
- Extensive hands-on Project Management experience, preferably supporting complex Medical Device delivery or from another regulated environment (e.g. Aerospace or Defence development, Life Sciences etc)
- Experience in volume-manufactured solutions, preferably in the healthcare industry (experience in other regulated industries may be acceptable)
- Knowledge of contemporary Project Management tools & techniques e.g. PMI (PMBOK), PRINCE 2, Critical Chain, Agile etc
- Experience of defining complex multidisciplinary plans, implementing and controlling
- Knowledge of ISO 9001 and/or ISO 13485 in a complex development environment,
- Sound understanding of risk management principles applied to the development of medical devices
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects.
What can we offer you?
- Highly competitive salary
- 25 days holiday (rising with service)
- Option to purchase additional annual leave.
- Flexible hybrid working.
- Pension
- Death in Service
- Discounted shopping and leisure activities
- Health cash plan
- Cycle to work scheme.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a dynamic team, within a unique environment and contribute to the success of our award-winning organisation. If you meet the above criteria for the Engineering Project Manager , then please apply now!