Contract Engineering Project Manager: Industrialisation

Orion Electrotech; Oxford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Electrotech in Oxford seeks an experienced Engineering Project Manager (Contract) to drive a New Product/industrialisation project from concept to initial scale-up. The role coordinates procurement, supplier quality and programme milestones in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead cross-functional teams across procurement, engineering, supplier quality and manufacturing, manage RFQs and tooling orders, and ensure supplier readiness via APQP/PPAP.

Qualifications

• Proven procurement and programme management experience in fast-paced manufacturing/engineering environments.
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams across procurement, engineering and supplier quality.
• Strong knowledge of supplier development, industrialisation and programme launch activities.
• Technical background in engineering and/or R&D.
• Project management experience in the engineering sector is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead Procurement & Supplier Quality activities across new product introduction and engineering change programmes.
• Act as the interface between Procurement, Supplier Quality, Engineering, Programme Management, Manufacturing and Operations.
• Manage procurement timing plans, supplier nominations, RFQs, tooling orders and supplier onboarding activities.
• Drive supplier readiness through APQP, PPAP, tooling and capacity planning activities.
• Coordinate prototype procurement through to prototype build phases.
• Monitor programme risks, maintain RAID logs and report status to senior stakeholders.
• Support BOM costing activities and new business opportunities where required.
• Deliver programme dashboards, KPI reporting and executive updates.

Skills

Procurement management

Programme management

Cross-functional coordination

APQP/PPAP knowledge

Stakeholder management

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Orion Electrotech in Oxford seeks an experienced Engineering Project Manager (Contract) to drive a New Product/industrialisation project from concept to initial scale-up. The role coordinates procurement, supplier quality and programme milestones in a fast-paced environment.

You will lead cross-functional teams across procurement, engineering, supplier quality and manufacturing, manage RFQs and tooling orders, and ensure supplier readiness via APQP/PPAP.