Senior Project Manager

JR United Kingdom; Dundee; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global automation provider is seeking a Project Manager to deliver excellence in project management. This role involves leading projects, maintaining schedules, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have strong project management experience, excellent communication skills, and a proactive attitude. Join a positive team within an innovative organization and enjoy a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong project management experience within engineering/manufacturing.
• Demonstrable evidence of successful project delivery on multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver a variety of projects to customer satisfaction.
• Maintain a detailed schedule with a clearly identified Critical Path.
• Provide project leadership and liaise directly with customers.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem Solving

Customer Service

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

MS Project

Job description

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Our client designs, engineers, and integrates hardware and software to automate its customers' operations. They specialise in creative, custom solutions and serve customers across a broad range of industries.

As a leading global diversified automation provider, their vision is to become the ultimate trusted partner, capable of solving any industrial automation challenge with their passionate people, world-renowned processes, and diverse experience.

They live by their values: Integrity, Excellence, and Passion. Due to steady growth, they now have exciting opportunities for talented individuals to join their winning team.

The Position

You will be responsible for delivering excellence in project management by leading and managing the delivery of projects on time, to the required quality, and within the allocated budget, including primary customer contact.

1. Lead and deliver a variety of projects to customer satisfaction, on-time delivery, with a “beat the budget” mindset, while managing and mentoring the project team resources.
2. Initiate and sustain project-related documentation consistent with the company Project workbook, including Budget management, Labour forecasts, Risk Register, Schedule, Open Issues list, Change Management/ECO tracker, Lessons learned, and Final acceptance test.
3. Maintain a detailed schedule (MS Project for complex jobs) with a clearly identified Critical Path, ensuring the customer and project team are aware of related constraints.
4. Provide project leadership and liaise directly with customers to understand their needs (both commercial and technical).
5. Identify risk areas and generate plans to mitigate them.
6. Provide regular reporting to senior management and customers.
7. Control all project changes that impact scope, schedule, budget, or FAT/SAT Acceptance testing by using company tools and systems to log initial change requests from the Customer or the project team. Follow the company change management process to ensure proper resolution.
8. Hold project close-out meetings to identify successes and areas for improvement.

The Person

• Strong project management experience within engineering/manufacturing.
• Demonstrable evidence of successful project delivery on multiple projects and multidisciplinary teams.
• Understanding of capital equipment engineering systems/automation.
• A degree in a relevant field with a project management aptitude.
• Working knowledge and practical application of project management planning methodologies and tools.
• Commercial awareness with contractual and project experience/knowledge.
• Hunger for success, personal drive, and motivation – a proactive, can-do attitude.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, within the team, wider business, and suppliers.
• Ability to organise, prioritise, and maintain relevant information to support the business.
• Sound analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Organised, able to multi-task in demanding environments, and comfortable operating under pressure.
• Excellent customer service and relationship-building skills.
• Creative ability to develop new ideas and implement improvements.
• Ability to operate effectively under pressure.
• A positive and determined work ethic, professional approach, and a commitment to excellence.
• A team player, willing to proactively collaborate, share, and seek guidance.
• Self-driven to contribute significantly to maximizing customer service.

Salary c£90k+ Bonus + generous car allowance.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a positive and encouraging team within a market-leading and innovative organization. To apply in confidence, please email [e-mail].