Project Manager

Prochem Engineering; Cork; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Prochem Engineering in Cork, Ireland, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead engineering initiatives within the medical device sector. You will orchestrate cross-functional teams and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

The role emphasizes strong communication with stakeholders, risk management, and continuous improvement, with visibility into schedules, resources, and quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage significant engineering projects from initiation to closure.
• Assemble project teams and assign responsibilities.
• Develop and monitor schedules to ensure timely delivery.
• Record customer requirements, constraints, and assumptions.
• Estimate and monitor project budgets.
• Set expectations and align stakeholders with the project plan.
• Identify, monitor, and close project risks.
• Manage scope, schedule, and costs with change control.
• Improve team performance and morale through leadership.
• Measure performance and communicate variances to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Materials Science, Design and Quality Assurance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Communication skills

Budget management

Scheduling

Risk management

MS Project

SharePoint

Visio

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

PMP certification or equivalent

Tools

PM system

MS Office

MS Project

SharePoint

Visio

Job description

• A Project Manager vacancy has arisen within our clients site, within the medical device industry in Cork. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Project Engineer seeking to grow their career.

Job Requirements:

• Management of significant Engineering projects.
• Responsible for assembling a project team, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project.
• Record detailed customer requirements, constraints, and assumptions with stakeholders in order to establish the project deliverables.
• Responsible for project budget estimation, monitoring, and attainment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure a common understanding by setting expectations in accordance with the Project Plan, in order to align the stakeholders and team members.
• Lead the identification, assessment, monitoring, and closure of project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques in order to keep the project plan accurate, updated, and reflective of authorised changes to facilitate customer acceptance.
• Responsible to improve team performance by building team cohesiveness, leading, influencing, and motivating in order to facilitate cooperation, ensure project efficiency, and boost morale.
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques in order to monitor the progress of the project, identify and quantify any variances, perform any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.
• Must be able to analyse and correct complex process and/or system issues of a broad scope using independent judgment.
• Interface with Materials Science, Design and Quality Assurance departments to provide customer with a quality product in a timely manner.
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Level 8 Degree in Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline or equivalent experience is required.
• Proven Project Management skills through the delivery of business-critical projects which have been delivered on time and in Budget.
• Has minimum of 5 years’ demonstrated project experience preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to oversee technical advancements.
• Ability to generate and explain detailed proposals, schedules, objectives, and other documentation accurately.
• Utilise proper software to maintain project records, such as a PM system, MS Office, MS Project, SharePoint, or Visio.
• PMP certification or equivalent is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal communication, influencing, collaborative teamwork and negotiation skills.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with mid-level management.
• Demonstrated experience in presenting to executives.