Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent
About us:
Responsive Engineering Ltd provides a complete diverse, end-to-end manufacturing capabilities under one roof. Utilising technology and highly skilled employees, we provide discreet components or full-service offerings to our customers to a very high standard. As a company, we value wellbeing, driven individuals who work well together, ensuring trusted partnerships with a strong sense of ambition. Our ideal candidate will embody these values and demonstrate a commitment to promoting a safe, positive and supportive work environment.
We are committed to being first in line, when it comes to taking responsibility for complex manufacturing solutions and to be recognised for customer and employee excellence. Overall, Responsive Engineering Ltd is dedicated to delivering manufacturing engineered solutions that meet the needs of our customers, while upholding our values of wellbeing, driven, togetherness, ambition, and trusted partnerships.
About the Role:
Responsible for “hands on” project management and delivery of contracts to meet or exceed customer quality and delivery requirements.
- Delivery of projects profitably, and in accordance with REL policies and procedures.
- Owns the quality, cost, and delivery performance for assigned project(s). Identify and resolve issues that could pose a potential risk to the project at the earliest possible opportunity.
- Be the focal point for the customer and manage their requirements and expectations.
- Provide customer and companywide communication of the status of individual projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Focal point and company representative for the client.
- Drive all aspects of the project daily and provide a clarity on short term objectives.
- Convey /communicate all aspects of change that may occur within the contract to the internal stakeholders.
- Lead on issues and provide a solutions-based approach
- Maintain strict adherence to agreed schedules whilst investigating and implementing actions to counter any adverse variations.
- Monitor and expedite subcontracted work.
- Maintain a project plan and financial overview of all aspects of the project.
- Capture all deviations from the agreed scope of work and/ OR Engineering Change Notices and facilitate costings.
- Manage the submission of concessions/NCR’S and facilitate actions from relevant stakeholders.
- Provide key KPI’s on project performance.
- Any other duties as reasonably requested by your Line Manager or a member of the Senior Management team
- Manage a project team in a matrix organisation
- Produce and enact growth and development plans for managed accounts.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience of working within a defence engineering and manufacturing environment.
- Experience of Project Management and Project Planning.
- Excellent commercial awareness and experience of budgetary management.
- Excellent customer focus.
- Strong Leadership skills.
- Formal Project Management qualification (Prince2, PMP)
We offer an attractive employment package, including:
- 25 days holidays per year + Bank Holidays
- Company Pension Scheme
- Death in Service life insurance scheme
- Personal Injury scheme
- Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work
- Referral programme (up to £750)
- Onsite parking
- Early finish on a Friday
- Onsite canteen and takeaway
Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV for this role.
Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Project Coordinator, Project Management, Service Delivery Coordinator, Operations Coordinator, Project Controller, Project Supervisor, Project Planner, Manufacturing, Defence Engineering, Commercial Manager, Construction Coordinator and Site Coordinator may also be considered for this role.
