Project Manager

Senex Recruitment Ltd; Central Ontario; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Senex Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Project Manager to own and steer complex new product development projects from development through to manufacture and launch. You will coordinate internal engineering teams and external partners, ensuring schedules, costs and risks are managed to deliver production-ready products.

Ideal candidates will have a strong background in engineering, manufacturing or product development, with solid planning, stakeholder-management and problem-solving

Qualifications

• Experience leading new product development projects in engineering/manufacturing.
• Proven ability to move complex projects from development to manufacture.
• Strong understanding of NPI and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage new product development projects through development, NPI, manufacture and launch.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones and priorities.
• Coordinate internal engineering teams and external development and manufacturing partners.
• Drive actions, resolve blockers and keep programmes on schedule.
• Coordinate transition from development to volume manufacture.
• Monitor project costs, supplier quotations, tooling expenditure, risks and timescales.
• Work with overseas manufacturing partners to ensure production readiness.
• Provide clear progress updates to senior management.

Skills

Project management

Planning & scheduling

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

NPI / manufacturing knowledge

Problem solving

Education

Engineering degree

HNC or HND

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Kanban

Job description

Join a growing consumer electronics business behind an iconic and internationally recognised brand and take ownership of exciting new products from development through to manufacture and launch.

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager from an engineering, manufacturing or product development background who can bring structure, pace and coordination to complex new product development projects.

You don’t need to be the technical expert in electronics, software or mechanical engineering. You’ll have specialists around you for that. What you will need is enough technical understanding to ask the right questions, identify problems, establish priorities and keep projects moving forward.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing new product development projects through development, NPI, manufacture and launch.
• Creating and maintaining project plans, schedules, milestones and priorities.
• Coordinating internal engineering teams and external development and manufacturing partners.
• Driving actions, resolving project blockers and keeping programmes on schedule.
• Coordinating the transition from development and prototype builds into reliable volume manufacture.
• Monitoring project costs, supplier quotations, tooling expenditure, risks and timescales.
• Working with overseas manufacturing partners to ensure products are production-ready.
• Providing clear progress updates to senior management.

What we’re looking forYou’ll ideally have:

• Experience managing projects within an engineering, manufacturing or product development environment.
• Knowledge of delivering physical products from development into manufacture.
• A good understanding of NPI and manufacturing processes.
• Strong planning, scheduling and stakeholder-management skills.
• The confidence to work with engineers, suppliers and senior management and ensure actions are delivered.
• A practical, organised and solutions-focused approach to project delivery.
• Experience with electronics, electro-mechanical products, consumer products or overseas/contract manufacturing would be particularly relevant, but we’re equally interested in people from other technical manufacturing sectors with strong transferable experience.

Useful, but not essential

Experience with any of the following would be beneficial:

• Consumer electronics or electronic products
• Overseas or contract manufacturing
• Tooling and production ramp-up
• Engineering change control
• Project-management tools (such as Jira, Confluence, Kanban or similar)
• PRINCE2, PMP or another recognised project-management qualification or studying towards
• Engineering degree, HNC or HND

Why join?

This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of new product delivery within a growing business with an exciting product roadmap.You’ll work on distinctive products sold internationally and gain exposure across engineering, manufacturing, commercial, supply chain and international operations.Longer term, there is scope for the position to develop beyond individual project delivery into broader operational responsibility as the company grows.