Project Manager

ZipRecruiter; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Burton upon Trent is seeking a Project Manager to manage project delivery while ensuring milestones are met. Responsibilities include coordinating multi-site teams, stakeholder management, and budget oversight. Candidates should have a background in manufacturing or engineering and a recognized Project Management qualification. This permanent, full-time role offers competitive remuneration.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Ability to coordinate and ensure collaboration of multi-site/multi-function teams.
• Proven ability to develop, lead, and implement projects with high business impact.

Responsibilities

• Manage the delivery of projects in line with plans.
• Monitor costs and implement measures to control spending.
• Produce internal reports to the Executive Team on project status.

Skills

Manufacturing or engineering experience

Project Management qualification

Coordination and collaboration skills

Communication skills

Financial and data analysis skills

Education

Recognized Project Management qualification (PRINCE 2 or APM)

Job description

Overview

As part of the Project Management team, you will join our team at the LH Group (a Division of Wabtec UK Ltd) based in Burton on Trent where we support our customers through maintenance and operation optimisation with customised solutions for spare parts, repair, and overhaul activities on existing trains.

Role

Position: Project Manager

Salary: £Competitive

Location: Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, (DE13 8EN)

Hours: Monday to Thursday 07:30 to 16:00 and Friday 07:30 to 12:30, 37 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent, Full-Time

How will you make a difference?

As a Project Manager, reporting to the Head of Projects, you will be responsible for managing project progress and adapting work as required, ensuring project milestones are achieved.

What will your typical day look like?

• To manage the delivery of projects in line with plans and that they are delivered in line with specifications set by the customer.
• Manage the relationship with key stakeholders and be the primary point of contact for our customers.
• Ensure project milestones are achieved in support of planned implementation.
• Monitor costs and implement measures to control spending against the agreed tenders.
• Liaising with clients and other project stakeholders.
• Manage and maintain budgets.
• Lead and coordinate a team to deliver the project execution.
• Produce internal reports to the Executive Team on the status of the project.

What do we want to know about you?

• Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Ideally, you will hold a recognised Project Management qualification or equivalent industrial experience (PRINCE 2 or APM).
• Ability to coordinate and ensure collaboration of multi-site/multi-function teams.
• Proven ability to develop, lead, and implement projects with high business impact.
• Excellent communication skills and matrix leadership experience.
• Financial and data analysis skills.

About Wabtec Faiveley LH Group

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Apply today!

It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make your and someone else\'s life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology, and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the of industry.

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