Engineering Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager required for an Engineering & Manufacturing company based in Staffordshire.

Role Overview

As an Engineering Project Manager, you shall be responsible for managing the programs/projects within the company's manufacturing Division. You will have previous experience of managing new product development programs/projects across all functional disciplines.

• Managing the engineering delivery required for the revenue projects. Liaising with the revenue project managers to ensure the engineering technical spec and BoM can be released on time.
• Ensuring the revenue projects and the documentation release adhere to the company's standard and processes.
• Leading the new product development projects from the initial concept, through the development process, prototype build, verification & validation, and eventual product launch.
• Creating and maintaining project schedule based on the project scope. Working with cross functional team to establish an achievable project plan and schedule.
• Facilitating regular project meeting to drive the project progress. Managing project critical path and prioritizing the work in critical path to maintain key project milestones.
• Monitoring and controlling project scope. Documenting project scope changes according to the process with the impact on the project timescale, budget, and quality.
• Managing risks and issues on the projects and applying the mitigations and resolutions. Escalating to the senior managers when the risks and issues are likely to threaten the project delivery.
• Ensuring the new product development process is adhered to and all the documentations are released according to the process.
• Utilising and maintaining the project management tools, methods and templates to improve the consistency across all the projects.
• A good communicator with excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to articulate to both internal engineers and external suppliers at all levels.
• An engineering background of mechanical, electrical, electronic and software.
• Have managed Engineering Projects ideally across engineering disciplines with a proven track record of successfully released products.

Qualifications

• Degree educated preferably Mechanical, Electrical or Electronic Engineering.
• Ideally PMP or similar PM professional qualification or PRINCE2 qualified
• Ideally with an engineering background experience.
• 3 years previous experience gained within Engineering