Technical Project Manager

Collins McNicholas Recruitment; Ireland; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Collins McNicholas Recruitment seeks a Technical Project Manager to own the full lifecycle of customer projects from initial requirements gathering to delivery. The role links customers, suppliers and the delivery team to ensure alignment with internal processes.

The successful candidate will manage planning, risk, cost control and schedule adherence while coordinating cross-functional teams on site in Cork. Training and growth opportunities accompany a stable, customer-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ relevant engineering/project management experience.
• Technical PM experience preferred.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards (FDA, GAMP, 21CFR11).

Responsibilities

• Link between customer, external suppliers and project delivery team.
• Define and adjust the Requirements Specification of the project during commercial meetings.
• Perform formal handover meeting with the KAM and align with customer PM after order.
• Produces a Project Schedule in Leanplan, allocating resources and timing to tasks.
• Reports progress and updates to the customer on delivery dates to installation.
• Monitor costs and ensure changes are commercially viable and documented.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science or equivalent

Job description

We are working with global engineering and automation technology company based in Cork. We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join the team. The Technical PM is responsible for the complete lifecycle of a project from initial requirement gathering, quotation and sale to project execution and completion.

Responsibilities: (Full job spec on request)

Customer Management

• Link between customer, external suppliers and partners and project delivery team
• Main point of contact with Customer for all project related activities
• Co-ordinate and manage the activities required for negotiating the Sale and delivering the project
• Ensure that project activities follow company process requirements

Project Management: Sales

• Define and adjust the Requirements Specification of the project during commercial meetings
• Understand the Project requirements by analysing documentation, customer URS, NDA, customer samples etc with the support of Architects.
• Meeting customers on site at Sales stage to understand, gather and agree the project requirements

Initiation (After Order Confirmation)

• Perform formal handover meeting with the KAM
• Perform alignment meeting with customer PM, and/or key team members

Planning

• Produces a Project Schedule in Leanplan, assigning resources and timing to each task.
• Allocates a risk factor and priority to certain key activities
• Plans in contingencies for unexpected events
• Negotiates with the customer to agree a first date for the SAT
• Be responsible for the P&L of the project
• Ensures that any changes and new requirements are handled in accordance with JPMO procedures and are handled in a commercially viable way

Implementation

• Coordinates external entities (partners, suppliers) for the project
• Reports, as defined in the PEP, updates about work progress achieved and activities planned to the customer on the delivery dates to the installation
• Maintains documents and project milestones to the agreed procedures
• Oversees the testing and ensure that all the supporting documents of the FAT are produced
• Monitors the work progress of the various departments.
• Controls the cost, including working hours from contractors and internal resources
• Punch List: P.M. verifies new timing for any deviation and modification that changes the final installation

Requirements:

• Third level qualification in an Engineering or Science or equivalent discipline/experience
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and structured standards and practices for regulated Industry including FDA ¦ GAMP ¦ 21CFR11
• Minimum of 3 years’ relevant engineering/project management experience
• Technical Project Management experience is preferable
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate individuals working on several projects, simultaneously
• Interpersonal skills required to operate in a multi-function project team set up.
• Experience in cost control of large capital projects preferable