Project Manager in Usk

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Usk; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in the UK is seeking a Portfolio Manager to oversee critical projects involving product development and service delivery. The suitable candidate will have a degree in engineering and extensive experience in project management within the manufacturing or engineering sectors. This hybrid role requires strong leadership and customer relationship management skills, with a focus on achieving project objectives on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Formal training in Project Management (APM, PMI or PRINCE certified).
• Experience working in Manufacturing or Engineering sector.
• Proven track record of managing projects to time, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional project management across a number of projects.
• Accountable for delivery of projects within portfolio.
• Monitor and report on project/programme performance.

Skills

Project Management

Customer Relationship Management

Risk Management

Team Leadership

Education

Degree-level qualification in Engineering

Tools

MS Project

SAP

Job description

Location: Glascoed (hybrid, 3 days onsite per week)

Duration: 12 Month Contract

Rate: 48.21 per hour

Overview

Our Portfolio Managers are tasked with the bidding and execution of a range of projects which are critical to the delivery of our business. Typically, these projects involve product development and delivery, insertion of new processes/capabilities or service delivery. The role needs excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels and disciplines. You will have the ability to demonstrate a good understanding of the wider aspects of the business and implications of problems and issues and a flexible attitude towards achieving business objectives.

They will develop and manage projects to achieve on time delivery of product or milestones, within cost and budget to the agreed quality standard. Through the development of effective relationships across functions, sites, internal and external stakeholders, they will play a leading role in the swift and effective resolution of project issues. They will be responsible for the development of bids and proposals to support current customers follow on orders.

They will establish the priority setting/balancing of a multi-functional team on a daily/weekly basis. The Portfolio Manager working with functional colleagues will be responsible for the management of resources and work packages ensuring that competent people are available to satisfy project requirements whilst maintaining effective resource utilisation.

Key Deliverables

• Provide professional Project Management across a number of projects
• Accountable for delivery of the projects included within their portfolio
• Identify and develop follow on business opportunities related to their portfolio of products
• Financially plan and achieve acceptable business financial objectives for orders, sales, gross margin and cash
• Monitor and report project/programme performance for schedule, technical, financial and quality objectives
• Responsible for ensuring that accurate forward load data is derived for projects from the business toolsets
• Establish and maintain strong customer and supplier relationships maintaining regular communications and managing expectations
• Generate business cases with a good level of business acumen
• Oversee the development, establishment and continuous improvement and tailoring of procedures and guidelines for operation of the project/programme, ensuring adherence to the Operational Framework and LCM mandates

Knowledge & Skills

• Formal training in Project Management (accredited by APM, PMI or PRINCE), with knowledge of scheduling and risk software tools (e.g. MS Project & Predict!), as well as experience of SAP
• Experience in building customer relationships and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Experience in managing risks and opportunities to the benefit of the projects.
• Experience working as a Project Manager or Project Engineer in Manufacturing or Engineering sector
• Leadership qualities including the ability to form project teams.
• Proven track record of managing projects to time, cost and quality.
• Strong customer and supplier relationship management both internal and external.
• Senior stakeholder management skills.
• Strong team working across functional and company boundaries.
• Passionate, who drives for results
• Individuals who embrace a level of ambiguity

Qualifications

Degree-level qualification (engineering discipline preferred) or comparable experience in the engineering/manufacturing sector, with demonstrable Project Management delivery experience, ideally from a comparable industry (Defence).