Senior Project Manager

Mansfield Pollard & Co Ltd; Bradford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Bradford seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee complex projects, especially in acoustic products. Responsibilities include project management from order through to installation, managing a team of project managers, and ensuring compliance with health & safety legislation. Ideal candidates will have strong project management skills, experience in high-pressure environments, and Microsoft Office proficiency. The role offers a clear progression path into team leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience managing or leading a team.
• Ability to work in a high-pressure environment managing multiple projects.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from customer order to completion.
• Chair meetings with stakeholders to meet deadlines.
• Liaise with customers for requirement changes.
• Conduct site surveys and manage risk assessments.
• Control project costs and timelines.
• Lead installation teams and manage quality.

Skills

Project Management experience

Microsoft Office skills

Customer-facing role

Team leadership

Job description

Overview

Mansfield Pollard offer a diverse product range with an unrivalled reputation for quality, providing bespoke air management solutions for a variety of applications. We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Senior Project Manager to deliver our most complex and high-value projects encompassing products from all areas of our business, but with a focus on our acoustic containers and enclosures, ensuring the highest possible standards are met in terms of our own and our customer’s expectations. After an initial induction period, there will be a clear plan to take on team leading and managerial responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a project from the point of customer order and manage it through to completion. This will typically involve design, manufacturing, delivery, installation and commissioning phases.
• Produce detailed programmes of work and chair regular meetings with external customers and internal stakeholders to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Liaise with customers to understand any changes to their requirements and then convey them to our Technical / CAD departments to enable design / drawing revisions.
• Undertake thorough site surveys, obtaining information to enable detailed design work by our Technical / CAD departments. Once this has been done, return to site and prove our drawings prior to commencing manufacture.
• Communicate with our production and procurement departments to monitor progress and control costs through the project to ensure it is delivered on time and within budget, submitting regular financial and progress reports.
• Write detailed site-specific risk assessments and method statements, ensuring compliance with all necessary Health & Safety legislation.
• Manage our own installation teams and sub-contractors, attending site as required to monitor the quality and progress of our installations and obtain final sign-off / acceptance of our work.
• Submit interim project valuations, payment applications and invoice claims.
• Monitor and control change requests, submit pricing as required and obtain variation instructions from customers.
• Identify non-conformances, record them on our database and be proactive with leading lessons learned meetings / discussions to avoid recurrence.

Team Leader/ Manager Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage a team of three experienced Project Managers and one Apprentice.
• Conduct regular project review meetings, monthly 121s and annual appraisals.
• Produce monthly reports against key departmental objectives and overall business goals.
• Ensure compliance with all internal process with ongoing reviews to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Lead investigations into departmental non-conformance reports and implement preventative actions where necessary.

Skills, Qualifications & Experience

• Project Management experience with a manufacturing company, ideally one serving the acoustic container and enclosure sectors.
• Experience managing or leading a team because of the clear progression path that comes with this position.
• Must have experience of working in a high-pressure, customer facing role managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Microsoft Office skills are essential.

Qualities

• Be a highly motivated and passionate professional that takes pride in their work.
• Be customer focussed, demonstrating strong communication skills and be able to manage expectations.
• Be organised and able to work under pressure with strong planning and problem-solving skills.
• Be proactive with a flexible approach to working hours, travelling and occasional overnight stays.