Maintenance Engineering Project Manager, Project Management Office, Global Central RME

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Global Best Practices Lead to enhance project management strategies within their Global Project Management Office. This strategic role involves overseeing complex engineering projects, collaborating with diverse teams, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. You will be pivotal in ensuring projects meet quality standards and objectives while managing risks and stakeholder relationships. If you're passionate about driving innovation and leading teams to success, this opportunity offers a dynamic environment with international travel possibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in program or project management with a focus on delivery and strategy.
• Strong ability to analyze data and drive improvements across projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement program management strategies to achieve project objectives.
• Coordinate teams and manage project documentation for successful execution.

Skills

Program Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Data Analysis

Process Improvement

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, MS Project)

Asana Project Management Platform

Job description

DESCRIPTION

The Global Project Management Office team is seeking a highly strategic Global Best Practices Lead to spearhead our Best Practice team within the Global Project Management Office (GPMO) for the Global Central Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Team (C-RME). This role plays a crucial part in ensuring the successful delivery of complex engineering projects by providing strategic oversight, coordination, and leadership.

The Global Best Practices Lead will collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives, elevate quality standards, and pioneer innovative approaches to project management on a global scale.

Key job responsibilities

1. Develop and implement program management strategies to achieve project objectives, including scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
2. Coordinate a team of Project Managers and Engineers, providing direction, guidance, and support to ensure successful project execution.
3. Establish and maintain project documentation, including project plans, risk assessments, and progress reports.
4. Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements and goals, and ensure alignment with the organization's objectives.
5. Monitor project performance and take corrective actions as necessary to keep projects on track and within budget.
6. Identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies across multiple projects, and provide timely solutions.
7. Foster a culture of continuous improvement by optimizing project management processes and procedures.
8. Manage customer and stakeholder relationships, ensuring effective communication and customer satisfaction.
9. Stay updated on industry best practices and advancements in Engineering to drive innovation and excellence.
10. Position includes international travel up to 25%.

About the team

The Global RME Project Management Office (PMO) team provides a customer-facing centralized project management solution for continuous improvements, best practices, technical service bulletins, permanent corrective actions and reliability improvement actions which requires RME resources. Our goal is to provide a stage-gate project process from intake, scoping, execution, post-go live support, completion tracking and reporting.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements.
• Experience owning program strategy, end to end delivery, and communicating results to senior leadership.
• Experience in program or project management.
• Experience working cross-functionally with tech and non-tech teams.
• Experience implementing repeatable processes and driving automation or standardization.
• Experience defining and executing program requirements.
• Experience with Automated technology for Material Handling Equipment (MHE) and Robotics.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance or related technical or quantitative field.
• Experience leading process improvements.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products and applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, and MS Project) at an advanced level.
• Knowledge of Asana Project Management Platform.
• PMP Certification.
• Experience manipulating and analyzing data.