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The Opportunity

• Flexible working: We offer our employees the time and flexibility they need to enjoy a balanced life through flexible hours and part time options
• Custom working: The role may be a mixture of home based and onsite
• Flexible benefits: Our company-funded approach to flexible benefits allows employees to make choices appropriate for them. Each employee has access to a wide choice of lifestyle, health and wellbeing options best suited to their individual lifestyle goals.
• Network groups : To demonstrate our ongoing commitment to diversity & inclusion we have network groups for
  Carers (employees who care for someone who is either older, disabled or seriously ill)
  Enable (supporting people with disabilities)
  Equalise (development of a gender balanced workforce)
  Pride (promoting equality for all LGBTQ+ individuals)
  We also work in partnership with AFBE (Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers).
• Training : Free access to Coursera which provides more than 4,000 online courses
• Continuous Learning : You will be supported in your ongoing professional development though training and mentoring
• Investors in People : We are proud recipients of the Investors in People Silver Award
• Employee Assistance Programme : Providing free and confidential mental health support
• Annual leave: We offer 25 days holiday, plus 8 bank holidays and 12 flexi days

What you will do

• As Project Manager you have responsibility for providing overall leadership, management and co-ordination of the project team. Authority and responsibility is provided from the Programme Manager for delivering the project to schedule, cost and quality.
• You will ensure effective communications to proactively encourage project delivery across all functional business areas to achieve quality and schedule within budget.
• You will proactively monitor project progress, resolving issues and initiating appropriate corrective action.
• You will identify and manage risks to the project, including the development of contingency plan.
• You will direct & manage the required support from the Programme Management Organisation (PMO) to ensure effective planning, risk management and configuration control.
• You will engage with Integrated Project Teams, Customers and vendors in line with level of accountability.
• You will conduct project reviews and make recommendations to appropriate business areas.

What we are looking for

• Degree or equivalent
• APM PMQ qualified or equivalent is desirable
• Understanding of financial controls and Project Financial management
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplined teams (Including, but not limited to - Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Planning, Manufacturing and Operations) but also ability to organise and prioritise workload and to work autonomously
• Ability to prioritise a large quantity of tasks and to assign these effectively and work to a deadline
• Project Management, including the ability to manage key internal and external stakeholders, create project plans, and manage these effectively alongside scheduling
• Demonstrated strong Customer and Stakeholder relationship skills
• Strong evidence in being able to collaborate with a wide group of internal and external stakeholders / functions
• A pro-active with a "can do" attitude, striving for continuous improvement, effectiveness and efficiency and with a focus on achieving high performance against objectives
• Excellent computer literacy, including all Microsoft Office applications with experience managing projects in SAP
• Strong organisational problem solving skills