Manufacturing Project Manager
Posted 3 days ago by Russell Tobin
£33 Per hour
Inside
Undetermined
Stevenage, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Manufacturing Project Manager role in Stevenage involves overseeing manufacturing projects and contracts to ensure they meet business plan targets through effective cost control and schedule management. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and the ability to manage project performance reporting. The ideal candidate will have experience in project management within an engineering or production environment and possess strong communication skills to facilitate multi-functional team success. This is a 12-month contract position requiring BPSS/SC clearance before starting.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support Programme Managers and Manufacturing Management Team in defining, planning, directing, and delivering manufacturing projects/contracts.
- Manage stakeholder interfaces and ensure accurate reporting of project performance.
- Plan and facilitate large-scale contracts throughout the product life cycle.
- Develop and maintain relationships with internal customers and subcontractors.
- Assist in preparing and maintaining contract risk and opportunity plans/budgets.
- Communicate project/programme requirements to a multi-disciplined team.
- Play a key role in tendering/bidding activities for future business acquisition.
Key Skills:
- Experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in fixed-cost programme delivery.
- Experience in an engineering or production environment preferred.
- Strong communication skills and ability to build relationships.
- Experience in driving multi-functional teams under tight deadlines.
- Proactive and tenacious with strategic business understanding.
- Experience in applying Project Management skills in a relevant business environment.
Salary (Rate): £33 per hour
City: Stevenage
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
What are we looking for in our Manufacturing Project Manager ?
Manufacturing Project Manager – Stevenage – 12 months contract - £33 per hour Umbrella – BPSS/SC needed before start
Role responsibilities:
- Provide support to the Programme Managers and Manufacturing Management Team to define, plan, direct and deliver the manufacturing projects/contracts against business plan targets through rigorous cost control and schedule adherence.
- Manage stakeholder interfaces including internal customers and ensure accurate reporting of progress against all aspects of project performance.
- Planning, facilitating and providing support to the success of large-scale contracts throughout the product life cycle.
- Developing and maintaining key relationships with internal customers and key subcontractors.
- Ensuring accurate reporting of progress against all aspects of project performance and interpreting requirements back to manufacturing.
- Assisting in the preparation and maintenance of contract risk and opportunity plans/budgets.
- Communicating consolidated project/programme requirements to a multi-disciplined team to safeguard deliveries.
- Playing a key role in tendering/bidding activities associated with the successful acquisition of future business.
Role Requirements
- Experienced Project Manager with a proven track record in the delivery of fixed-cost programmes, of significant value, within a matrix organisation.
- Experience within an engineering or production environment would be of preference.
- A natural communicator, able to build strong relationships, with experience in driving multi-functional teams and delivering to tight time scales.
- Enthusiastic, proactive and tenacious individual who can prioritise and understand strategic business needs as well as manage day-to-day tactical decisions.
- Experience in the application of Project Management skills at the assistant level in a relevant business environment.
Our work is complex, challenging and innovative. It takes a range of professionals across the full engineering and commercial spectrum to carry it out. Whatever field our people specialise in, they all share the same mindset: a drive to make things work better and to redefine the established standards.