Project Manager

Description:

What's on offer?

Offering a salary up to £45,000
Monday to Friday 8.00am till 4.30pm
Permanent position
Company Sick Pay
Cycle to Work Scheme
Healthcare Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
GP24 Service
Life Insurance
Opportunity for hybrid working after qualifying period (80% on-site)
A warm and friendly working environment
Free onsite parking

Major Recruitment are looking for a detail-oriented Project Manager to join our clients' dynamic team based in Stokesley.

The successful candidate will form part of the Projects team and will manage and support multiple projects concurrently. Assigned projects will include internally funded and externally funded development projects, but could include other types of projects as required by the Company.

The successful candidate will be expected to lead the planning and delivery of multiple projects at any one time; with projects varying in size and complexity. The successful candidate will be tasked with steering products and systems from the planning phase, through the gated development process and into production. The successful candidate will also be the face of the project to the customer, whether internally or externally funded.

Projects are cross-functional in nature, so the role presents the opportunity to work with every function across the business, in a collaborative manner. Projects are increasingly important from an organisational perspective, meaning the role presents an opportunity to contribute to the growth of the organisation.

Main Responsibilities

Successfully delivering projects end to end from design through to implementation using the most suitable project management approach.

To deliver projects in line with company manuals and procedures.

Providing leadership to the project delivery teams

Ensure projects are delivered in line with the project proposal and aligned with time, cost and quality requirements.

To maintain frequent and detailed communication with all stakeholders in the project; including providing updates and managing expectations.

Managing project budgets effectively, including labour and materials, alongside revenue forecasting.

To develop and maintain project schedules for assigned projects.

Utilise developed schedules to oversee the management of activities for the project delivery teams to ensure deliverables are being completed to defined expectations.

To organise and manage project level meetings (e.g. cross functionals, Gate Reviews), ensuring actions are captured appropriately and minutes shared accordingly.

To identify, communicate and, where necessary, escalate deviations from plan via exception reporting.

To proactively manage foreseen project risks and mitigate issues as they arise, implementing corrective actions.

To report status of projects on a weekly basis and as required.

Be commercially aware in all that you do

Support reporting of Key Performance Indicators, linked to the business performance metrics.

To champion the company Values and Behaviours through all projects.

To undertake any other project management duties as required.

About you:

Minimum 2 years project management experience (essential)
Minimum 2 years in customer facing roles. (essential)
Formal project management qualification e.g. APM, Prince2 or Agile
Numerically / Financially literate.
Stakeholder engagement
Communication skills
Negotiation skills
Proficient Google Suite skills
Risk management
Schedule creation and management
Comfortable leading a team.
Resilience.
Good time management.
Works well in a team.
Works well under pressure and to deadlines.
Prioritisation.
Self starter.
Problem solving
Experience working with Defence customers, or in highly regulated industries (desirable but not essential)
Experience within NPI projects. (desirable but not essential)

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE NEWTON AYCLIFFE BRANCH ON (phone number removed)

INDTW