Project Manager

Part of a successful engineering and technical group the Company is a world renowned custom antenna designer and manufacturer that excels in the research, design and manufacture of specialist, high specification, custom designed antennas.

Their wealth of expertise also includes a substantial range of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) antennas and associated components.

Typically engineered to operate in the 30MHz to 60GHz frequency range, their high quality engineered, designed and manufactured products are suitable for a wide range of applications

With several large projects coming on stream they are seeking a dedicated Project Manager for the business.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Director of Projects the Project Manager will manage projects across the Antenna business as an end-to-end process. This will include managing customer expectations through building excellent relationships and the management of third party suppliers to ensure service levels meet the demand of the projects.

The location is Leominster but there is flexibility to work from home

Key Responsibilities:

  • Deliver all projects in line with the Project Management department best practice methodology (managing risk, governance, quality assurance, issue resolution, reporting)
  • Setting up and management of the wider project team involving additional project management resource, internal technical resource, 3rd party suppliers, account team members and client stakeholders
  • Produce detailed project plans and manage interdependencies with other work packages
  • To take full responsibility for the management of the wider project team assigned to the project
  • Serve as primary contact for engineering team members requiring support from the business.
  • Ensure strict commercial change control to manage deviations
  • Apply relationship management skills and to be able to build and own client and stakeholder relationships at senior level
  • Management of Third-party suppliers in terms of selection, deliverables, timelines and budgets
  • Adhere to relevant escalation processes to escalate resource issues, delayed project phases, missed deadlines and other planning issues
  • Ensure commercial project milestones are agreed and published and that invoices are raised with reference to these dates and/or on completion of deliverables
  • Manage the expenditure within the project, ensuring all costs are recorded against products and services delivered
  • Create and effectively manage the stakeholder plan at project level, incorporating all project work-streams
  • Interfacing with internal stakeholders across a number of departments
  • Identify and implement efficiencies and improvements in project delivery methodology
  • Ensure products and services delivered within the project are within time and budget constraints and meet the required level of quality
  • Monitor the project ensuring issues are resolved in a timely manner and the appropriate corrective actions are implemented
  • Review the outcomes of the project to determine any corrective actions that could be taken to improve future programme/project delivery in terms of cost, quality and customer satisfaction
  • Adherence to all health, safety, environmental & quality policies and standards outlined by the company
  • Any other duties as the business requires

    • To apply, please forward your CV to engineering@chestertongray.com

    Reference 880266