P+S Personnel are pleased to be working on behalf of our clients, who are currently recruiting a Project Manager to join their team based in the Lowestoft area on a full-time, permanent basis.
Role Summary:
To lead a team to support all project management functions, assuring customer expectation is achieved/exceeded, throughout the project life cycle, up to and including Site Acceptance Test (SAT). Also to provide standard costs and proven technical concepts for machine / system solutions and compile customer facing documentation within given timescales, to support Sales.
Main Responsibilities:
- Produce User Requirement Specifications and Functional Specifications for machines / systems.
- Manage handover of technical and commercial information to company operations.
- Prepare and maintain project files to include budgets, schedules, plans and management reports.
- Support the activities of application engineers and managers.
- Compile and validate testing criteria to satisfy both factory and off-site acceptance.
- Manage customer expectation whilst assuring the best interests of the company are upheld.
- Produce cost effective machine / system solutions using standard practices.
- Produce budget quotations and formal proposals within given timescales.
- Produce accurate and consistent machine / system costings using standard templates.
- Analyse business risk and implement appropriate actions to minimize the risk.
- Specify and source third party equipment as necessary.
- Visit customer and company sites (worldwide) to support sales, project or design functions.
- Adhere to all required quality and health & safety policies in operation relating to job role.
- Any other duty within your competency as may be required.
- To drive the project forward at every stage.
Qualifications and Experience:
- 2+ years proven ability to project manage machine / system solutions.
- 3+ years mechanical design / control engineering experience.
- 3+ years machine manufacturing and assembly experience.
- Process line experience.
- HND or equivalent qualification in relevant discipline.
- Proven capability.
Person Specification:
- Excellent understanding of machines and their process applications.
- Good oral and written communication.
- Good IT skills – CAD, word processing, spreadsheets, database.
- Good customer / supplier facing skills.
- Good planning organization and time management.
- Influencing and negotiating skills.
- Proactive with self-start initiative.
- Highly motivated and committed to achieving company set goals.
Working Hours:
If this is a role you are interested in, please apply online ensuring your CV is up to date.
Alternatively, please email your CV directly to jobs@pspersonnelltd.co.uk.
