Project Manager

National Composites Centre; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Composites Centre is seeking a Project Manager to oversee engineering projects. The role involves client interactions, project lifecycle management, and ensuring adherence to quality standards within a hybrid working environment. The candidate should possess an engineering background and project management experience, contributing to innovative solutions across various sectors.

Benefits

12.5% Employer Pension Contribution

Private Medical Insurance

Flexible Working Patterns

Honorary Staff Status at University of Bristol

Qualifications

• Background in Engineering, Manufacturing or R&D.
• Project management experience ideally delivering engineering projects.
• Excellent client and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initiation to closure, managing timelines and quality.
• Maintain up-to-date project plans and reporting.
• Ensure adherence to NCC quality and safety processes.

Skills

Client Management

Stakeholder Management

Planning

Adaptability

Resilience

Education

Engineering Degree

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Project Manager (Engineering)

National Composites Centre

Bristol based with Hybrid working (minimum 2 days per week in office, more may be required)

Salary: £38,906 - £56,623 per annum plus 12.5% employer pension, private medical insurance, very flexible employer.

Summary

A world-leading engineering company like the NCC needs a world-leading project management team to keep the cogs turning!

Sitting within our Technology Programmes team, you’ll have end to end responsibility for a variety of small to medium sized technical capability projects, from involvement in bid management through to implementation.

You’ll work with external clients to establish business needs, translate those into requirements and potential solutions, then see those through delivery.

You’ll also get involved in account management and bid work which could be up to 15% of your role at some points.

Using established project management processes, you’ll will work with a variety of internal multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost and quality.

Who are the Technology Programmes Team?

The Technology Team, reporting into Executive Director Mark Summers, leads the development of capability (technical skills, knowledge and technology) to maximise UK opportunity a cross a wide range of technology areas and capability maturities.

Specifically, you'll focus on the following activities;

• Responsible for supporting the successful execution of projects through any or all the phases of a project lifecycle: initiation, requirements capture, planning, execution and closure.
• Maintain up to date project plans covering all live and pipeline projects.
• Produce regular project reporting and management information.
• Ensure all project management processes are followed including: effective risk identification and mitigation, change control, maintenance of documentation logs, updating project reporting and creation and management of project plans.
• Support weekly and monthly project review meetings to ensure all elements of project delivery are achieved.
• Ensure all members of the project team have clear visibility of project booking codes and are accurately reflecting all the hours worked on the project
• Ensure all projects adhere to NCC quality, health and safety processes and actively promote a positive H&S culture within the team.
• Ensure all project plans are correctly resourced so that capacity planning can be conducted.
  
  

So, what are we looking for in your application?

We will prioritise applications with background in fields such as Engineering, Manufacturing or Research & Development. Specific experience we will look for in your CV would include;

• Engineering mindset – We’ll look for a background in this domain, perhaps you have an Engineering degree then went into project management or you may be an experience project manager already delivering engineering projects.
• Project Management experience, ideally delivering Engineering projects
• Excellent 3rd party client management experience and stakeholder management skills.
• Planning experience using MS Project, RAID, budget management & reporting experience
• Involvement in account management or bid management work.
  
  

In terms of personal qualities we look for the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people, good organisation skills, adaptability to change and resilience.

What do we offer in return?

Hybrid and flexible working patterns as standard, annual salary reviews, company paid private medical insurance, up to 12.5% employer pension contribution, great people, honorary staff status at the University of Bristol. With a genuine focus on wellbeing, EDI and learning and development this is a chance to build your career in a thriving R&D facility with a bright future.

Unsure if you should apply? Got a quick question you wanted to check beforehand? Please feel free to reach out to the recruitment team – [email protected]

Why the NCC?

We see our success in yours. The future of composites manufacturing relies on the NCC, and we rely on the right individuals to make it happen, whether they’re engineers or not!

Diverse challenges – the NCC isn’t just about one challenge. We’re working with over 16 sectors and a variety of customers, from private ventures to the global tier 1 companies, providing variety to your experience.

Innovation – a world-leading research and development centre, the work we do brings novel and innovative solutions to industry, with the future firmly in mind. So we need innovating thinking not just in Engineering, but across all support functions.

Development in composites, and you – if the scope of exciting work isn’t enough to sway you, our ethos of continued learning and development and flexible working patterns will.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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