The role of the Project Manager is:-

• To lead and manage engineering projects to meet specification, timing, costs and budget from inception to completion.

• To ensure that specified project requirements are fully defined and communicated within the company.
• To break down projects into identifiable sub-elements and ensure adequate ‘buy in’ from the relevant functional management to achieve those sub-elements.
• To manage configuration control of contractual, technical and commercial requirements.
• To provide the customer and key suppliers with an authoritative and disciplined point of contact for all day to day issues with regard to the project.
• To support the Programme manager / Bid engineer in preparing bids and tender submissions

Responsibilities:
Reporting to the nominated Programme Manager:-

• Ensure that primary project deliverables are known, understood, agreed and adhered to.
• Provide control and co-ordination of specified project / tasks across all functional departments in accordance with project deliverables regarding timing, cost, technical specification / performance and contractual requirements and criteria.
• In conjunction with the project team, develop and maintain the overall project documentation eg timing plan, work breakdown structure etc and liaise with the relevant functional head to ensure that these tasks are clearly understood, committed to and met by all project team members and stakeholders and that any deviations are reported and managed in agreement with the customer.
• Provide the customer and key suppliers with a single point of contact for all specific project related issues.
• Receive, collate and report on suitable measurable data from the functional areas responsible for sub-elements of the specified project.
• Prepare the appropriate project briefing materials / KPIs and, where necessary, provide verbal briefings on project progress / status to include budget, forecast and variance for financial and non-financial measurable areas.

Knowledge:
Broad knowledge of project planning and management techniques.
Knowledge of project costing, budgeting and cost management.
Knowledge of vehicle engineering, design and manufacturing processes

Skills:
Proven management of people – individual and cross functional teams.
Computer Literate in Word, Excel, Project, Power Point,.
Good written and strong verbal communicator; able to clearly express views and ideas with a wide range of stakeholders.
Ability to interact positively with personnel at all levels, both internally and externally.
Presentations

Experience:
Project experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment preferably encompassing new product introduction and launch

Qualifications:
Degree / HNC and/or appropriate engineering qualifications