Project Manager

American Nano Society; Oxford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading scientific instruments manufacturer in Oxford is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee complex projects from order to installation. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent communication skills, and experience managing high-value engineering projects in a dynamic environment. This role offers competitive salary and flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Private healthcare

Investment in career development

Qualifications

• Experience managing high volume, high value, complex technical or engineering projects.
• Experience working in a high-pressured, dynamic environment.
• Good technical grounding with a degree in engineering or physics.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects to ensure they are delivered on time.
• Lead, manage and motivate teams of multi-disciplined resources.
• Provide regular status reports to stakeholders.

Skills

Project Management

Technical knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Degree in relevant technical subject

Job description

Overview

At Oxford Instruments, we enable the world’s leading industrial companies and scientific research communities to image, analyse and manipulate materials down to the atomic and molecular level. Our customers use our NanoScience ultra-low temperature and high magnetic field environments to go beyond what was once thought possible, whether that’s creating Nobel Prize winning materials or developing quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems. Oxford Instruments NanoScience is a world-leading manufacturer, creating scientific instruments that are used in ground-breaking research. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Project Manager to join our team and oversee projects from order to installation and help keep our orders on track.

If you are a Project Manager, with experience of working in a technical engineering environment and are happy to manage various projects — where no two are likely to be the same — then we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects to ensure they are delivered on time and to the required specification.
• Lead, manage and motivate teams of multi-disciplined resources.
• Ensure each project adheres to the business project management process and progresses to plan.
• Maintain a high degree of autonomy while achieving project goals.
• Handle the bespoke nature of products, making the role varied and interesting.
• Provide regular status reports to the customer, Head of Projects and Customer Management, the Executive Team and other internal stakeholders.

About You

• Good technical grounding with a degree in a relevant technical subject, such as engineering or physics.
• Experience as a Project Manager, managing high volume, high value, complex technical or engineering projects using Project Management processes and techniques.
• Experience working in a high-pressured, dynamic environment; highly organized with the ability to prioritise workload.
• Excellent communication skills.

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary.
• Flexible working hours and a half-day on Fridays.
• 25 days annual leave, private healthcare, a share incentive plan, and a defined contribution Group Personal Pension Plan.
• A flexible benefits package that you can tailor to your own requirements.
• Investment in ongoing career and development to help you reach your full potential.
• A workplace where you can grow and learn.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.

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