Project Manager

flir; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated seeks a Project Manager for Teledyne e2v RF Power to plan, coordinate, and deliver complex projects with safety, on time, within budget, and to quality standards.

You will manage scope, risks, and stakeholder expectations, working with a matrix of engineering and commercial teams to drive results and ensure alignment with organisational objectives.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering engineering projects from bid to production, incl. new product development.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management.
• Excellent communication skills across all business levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex cross-functional delivery of R&D and customer funded projects, on time, within budget, to high quality standards.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to align plans and milestones in a matrix structure.
• Maintain robust customer and stakeholder relationships with clear communication of goals, risks, and expectations.
• Implement and champion project management best practices, tools, and governance across the portfolio.
• Develop detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project and report via Project Server.
• Coordinate Phase Gate Reviews and manage scope, risks, and dependencies.
• Monitor budgets and financial performance with Finance for ETC and cost exposure.
• Prepare and present dashboards and updates to the Senior Leadership Team.
• Support bids and technical proposals with engineering and commercial teams.

Skills

Engineering project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

PM tools

APM Body of Knowledge

PRINCE2

PMP

Tools

SAP

Job description

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Job Summary:

As Project Manager within Teledyne e2v RF Power you will work with a cross-functional team and be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering projects safely, on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. The role involves managing project scope, plan, risks, and stakeholder expectations while ensuring alignment with organisational objectives.

Detailed Descrption:

• Manage complex cross-functional delivery of R&D and customer funded projects, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership to align project plans, resource needs, and delivery milestones, operating effectively in a matrix structure.
• Maintain robust customer and stakeholder relationships, ensuring clear communication of project goals, risks, and expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement and champion project management best practices, tools, and governance processes across the portfolio.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules using Microsoft Project; manage reporting through Project Server and other PM tools.
• Coordinate timely Phase Gate Reviews and ensure that project scope, risks, and Teledyne Confidential; Commercially Sensitive Business Data dependencies are clearly defined, managed, and escalated as needed.
• Monitor project budgets and financial performance, working closely with the Finance team to analyse forecasts, estimate-to-complete (ETC), and risk-adjusted cost exposure.
• Prepare and present regular project dashboards and performance updates to the Senior Leadership Team.
• Support sales and business development efforts by contributing to bids and the technical proposals in collaboration with engineering and commercial teams.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience of managing engineering projects through all or part of the lifecycle from bid to production, with an emphasis on new product development.

• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to manage customer expectations and avoid unwanted scope creep.

• Persuasive and clear communication skills across all levels of the business.

• Strong problem-solving capabilities.

• Proficiency in the use and understanding of Project Management / resource tools such as

• Knowledge and qualification in APM Body of Knowledge, PRINCE2, PMP methodologies

• A working knowledge of SAP would be beneficial

Requirements:

• Due to the nature of some of the projects you need to be eligible, or already hold, security clearance and will be a UK National.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

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