Technical Project Lead

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Company bonus

Parental leave

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise is seeking a PMO Technical Project Lead to steer planning, delivery and governance of technical projects within our upcoming UK battery manufacturing facility. You will oversee schedules, budgets and quality across engineering, manufacturing and operations in a fast-paced gigafactory environment.

Collaborating with Engineering, Procurement and Quality teams, you will drive milestones, manage risks and changes, and provide transparent reporting to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering engineering or industrial projects in a PMO/Programme Management environment.
• Strong planning, scheduling, risk management and change control experience.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication, reporting and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing systems and programme delivery.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and MS Office.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules covering equipment installation, production trials, commissioning activities and manufacturing readiness.
• Monitor project progress against key milestones and ensure timely delivery of programme objectives.
• Manage project budgets, tracking costs and forecasting spend while highlighting and addressing variances.
• Identify project risks, develop mitigation plans and proactively manage issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project change control activities, assessing the impact of proposed changes on scope, cost, quality and schedule.
• Prepare and present project status reports, gateway reviews and performance metrics to key stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, procurement, quality, manufacturing and operational teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Support programme governance, ensuring actions, decisions and deliverables are effectively tracked and managed.
• Oversee quality requirements throughout project execution, ensuring systems, equipment and processes meet performance, compliance and safety standards.
• Create and maintain project documentation, reporting tools and programme records to provide a robust single source of truth.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery, planning processes and reporting capability.

Skills

Project planning

Scheduling

Risk management

Change control

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Reporting

Manufacturing systems

Education

Engineering

Project Management

Supply Chain

Tools

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

What You’ll Do…

As a PMO Technical Project Lead, you will play a key role in the successful planning, delivery and governance of technical projects across our battery cell manufacturing programmes. Working within a fast-paced gigafactory environment, you will lead the execution of manufacturing and engineering projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality requirements.

What You’ll Do…

As a PMO Technical Project Lead, you will play a key role in the successful planning, delivery and governance of technical projects across our battery cell manufacturing programmes. Working within a fast-paced gigafactory environment, you will lead the execution of manufacturing and engineering projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, budget and quality requirements.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Quality and Operations to drive project performance, manage risks and changes, track critical milestones and provide clear reporting to stakeholders. This role will be instrumental in supporting the development and commissioning of one of the UK's largest battery manufacturing facilities.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules covering equipment installation, production trials, commissioning activities and manufacturing readiness.
• Monitor project progress against key milestones and ensure timely delivery of programme objectives.
• Manage project budgets, tracking costs and forecasting spend while highlighting and addressing variances.
• Identify project risks, develop mitigation plans and proactively manage issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project change control activities, assessing the impact of proposed changes on scope, cost, quality and schedule.
• Prepare and present project status reports, gateway reviews and performance metrics to key stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities across engineering, procurement, quality, manufacturing and operational teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Support programme governance, ensuring actions, decisions and deliverables are effectively tracked and managed.
• Oversee quality requirements throughout project execution, ensuring systems, equipment and processes meet performance, compliance and safety standards.
• Create and maintain project documentation, reporting tools and programme records to provide a robust single source of truth.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery, planning processes and reporting capability.

Who We Are…

Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We will design, develop and manufacture high-quality, high-performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors. We are a scale-up business with a start-up mentality and the backing of a well-established parent company.

The UK business headquarters is in the Midlands, and we are currently building a state-of-the-art battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset. This multi-billion-pound investment is one of the largest ever made in the UK automotive sector and will create thousands of jobs across the region and wider supply chain.

What You’ll Bring…

• Experience delivering engineering, manufacturing or industrial projects within a PMO, Programme Management or Project Management environment.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, risk management and change control experience.
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Excellent communication, reporting and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail.
• Good understanding of manufacturing systems and programme delivery.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office.
• Experience within battery manufacturing, automotive, energy or a large-scale industrial environment would be advantageous.
• Degree qualified in Engineering, Project Management, Supply Chain or a related discipline

What You’ll Get…

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits.

We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work-life balance, partnering with YuLife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support.

You’ll work in a rapidly scaling environment with the backing of Tata Sons, helping to build the UK's largest battery manufacturing facility while playing a key role in delivering critical manufacturing programmes and shaping the future of battery production in the UK.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you.

At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member.

We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality, and ability. Should you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments, please let the Talent Acquisition team know.