Engineering Project Manager

at  Lucy Electric

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Internal Job Title: Engineering Project Manager
Business: Lucy Electric (EMS)
Location: Thame
Job Reference No: 3631

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Accountable for ensuring Engineering projects are planned, initiated, and delivered on time and to budget, including special product development projects.
• Influence Engineering development teams to engage in the process and provide inputs on time to meet Gate Review (GR) milestones. Maintain GR documentation - project plans, budgets, and resource planning. Ensure all key deliverables of the Gate Review Process are met by all departments. Actively manage project risks and issues. Develop mitigation plans - engage with senior stakeholders to inform of project risks.
• Annual Engineering budget creation, quarterly updates to the annual budget capturing actuals and forecast to year end.
• Accountable for monthly project cost forecasting and monthly reporting on the status of projects.
• Coordinate work through effective collaboration with all parts of the Lucy Electric organisation.
• Develop, monitor, and report on key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Accountable for determining plans and mechanisms to deliver against your own objectives including ongoing problem solving
• Accountable for demonstrating company behaviours and values
• Accountable for delivering process excellence and the effective use of the Technical Project team’s resources and continuous improvement efforts.
• Foster an environment that supports learning, development, and openness to change.
• Strive to improve the overall financial and key performance indicators of the business.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree equivalent in an Engineering discipline.
• Experience of managing projects from concept through to customer delivery.
• Experience of working with mechanical / electrical products.
• Experienced in the management of design development and manufacturing activities.
• Demonstrated project management capability. Equivalent Prince 2 or similar knowledge. Risk / issue management. Ability to translate complex issues into simple explanatory reporting.
• Driven to share knowledge and ability to encourage others to do the same. Ability to listen and be open to new ideas and the ideas of others.
• Proven capability of operating successfully at a management level.
• Be experienced in leading multi-disciplined teams.
• Significant experience of working in a multi-national, matrix organisation.
• Strong communications and presentation skills, creative with a keen commercial awareness.

To coordinate Engineering Projects to ensure they are delivered on time and to budget.