Project Manager

Wabtec Corporation; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global transportation solutions provider is seeking a Project Manager to join their Project Management team in Burton on Trent. The role involves managing project progress, ensuring milestones are achieved, and liaising with clients. Candidates should have experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment and ideally possess a Project Management qualification. Excellent communication and financial analysis skills are essential. The position offers a full-time, permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to develop and lead projects effectively.
• Ability to monitor costs and control spending.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for stakeholder management.
• Proven ability to develop, lead and implement projects with high business impact.
• Excellent communication skills and matrix leadership experience.
• Financial and data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage project progress and adapt work as required.
• Liaise effectively with clients and project stakeholders.
• Lead and coordinate the team for successful project execution.
• Monitor costs and implement measures to control spending against the agreed tenders.
• Liaise 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.

Skills

Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment

Project Management qualification (PRINCE2 or APM)

Collaboration of multi-site/multi-function teams

Leading and implementing projects with high business impact

Excellent communication skills

Financial and data analysis skills

Education

PRINCE2 or APM certification

Job description

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It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionising the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who will you be working with?

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

Project Manager

Salary

£Competitive

Location

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire (DE13 8EN)

Hours

Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30 pm and Friday 08:00 am to 13:00 pm, 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.

Typical day

• Manage the delivery of projects in line with plans and ensure they are delivered according to the 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.
• Liaise 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.

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Ideally, you will hold a recognised Project Management qualification or equivalent industrial experience (PRINCE2 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.

Apply today!

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Wabtec Corporation

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value‑added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with 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 and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27 000 employees in facilities throughout the world.

Our commitment to embrace diversity

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfil that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognise that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.