Find More Than 10K+
United Kingdom Jobs

Job description

Based at our Samlesbury facility near Preston, Lancashire, the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join the team at AMRC North West.

For this role, you will have experience working as a Project Manager, ideally in an software engineering and client-facing environment. It is essential that you are able to communicate and motivate a team of staff and have excellent communication skills. You will use your ability to organise resources and attention to detail to aid with the planning of projects to deadlines.

For this role, you will have:

• Experience of working in a Project Management role with direct line management experience.
• Strong communication skills allied with organisational ability and enthusiasm.
• The ability to discuss at any level the elements of a project including the status to partners, customers and internal stakeholders.
• Pragmatism and the ability to understand an issue from both your own organisation and the customers’ point of view.

About the Team
AMRC North West’s value proposition is to be a high value advanced manufacturing research and development centre that provides high value solutions targeted at improving the capability and competiveness of UK high value and advanced manufacturers. With industrial partners, AMRC North West will provide high value manufacturing solutions across the manufacturing market place.

We are part of the AMRC with Boeing which focuses on the research, development and application of state-of-the-art technologies. We have an excellent track record of developing technology and integrating it into a shop floor environment to demonstrate financial benefit to partners. This ability to translate technological advances into bottom line savings has led to a large growth in demand from especially its aerospace partners and a growing need for skilled engineers with an interest in manufacturing.

The AMRC are a Corporate Partner of the Association of Project Management (APM) https://www.apm.org.uk/ which means we train, support and encourage the Project Management team at the AMRC. This a supportive environment that is passionate about training and development.

About the University
We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

Follow @sheffielduni and @ShefUniJobs on Twitter for more information about what makes the University of Sheffield a remarkable place to work.

Apply now by clicking on the Apply button located near the top left of your screen