Project Manager

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Responsibilities

* Manage and execute contracts/projects from kick-off through to completion and support bids.

* Resolve delivery issues as they arise, across all business functions, in order to achieve the business case requirements and customer commitments.

* Call extraordinary project reviews with the senior management team in the event that the project is unlikely to conclude successfully and maintain the business case objectives.

* As an authorised sign-off signatory attend Design Reviews to ensure that schedule and cost requirements are achieved and there is an acceptable level of residual risk for the project.

* Ensure allocated projects meet governance and health & safety requirements.

* Formulate and submit monthly reports and metrics for assigned projects.

* Interface with, elicit resource from and hold business functions to account for their responsibilities in support of project execution.

* Act as the primary interface to the external customers on assigned projects (which will be of varying levels of complexity and value).

* Support the Head of Programmes with the development of customer relations.

Experience:

* Successful management and control of projects, ideally in a multi-disciplinary complex product development and production environment.

* Degree level in an engineering/science or management discipline (2.1 or better) Electronics/Software/Systems.

* Formal project management qualification e.g. APM PMQ (APMP)

* MS Project and MS Excel at Advanced Level

* MS Word, Visio & PowerPoint at Intermediate Level

* Has an in depth knowledge and experience of the project elements of ERP systems e.g. IFS.

* Dedication in meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers and can be counted on to exceed goals successfully.

* Enjoys scoping out tasks and producing schedules that include risk provision (response actions and potential impacts - Schedule Risk Analysis), resource allocation, the critical path & progress.

* Have strong financial acumen and an ability to undertake Cost Risk Analysis.

* Relishes leading with energy, drive and a need to finish tasks & creates a climate in which people want to do their best.

* Commercially astute; able to identify & manage potential scope (creep) change.

* Can write clearly & succinctly for different audiences.

Desirable:

Experience working in a defence aerospace, or safety critical environment.

APM PPQ, IPMA Level B, MSP Practitioner, MBA

All applicants must be able to obtain security clearence.

Matchtech acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers and is part of Gattaca Plc.

Gattaca Plc provides support services to Matchtech and may assist with processing your application.