Our client designs, engineers and integrates hardware and software to automate its customers' operations. They specialise in creative, custom solutions and serve customers in a broad range of industries.
As a leading global diversified automation provider, their vision is to become the ultimate trusted partner, capable of solving any industrial automation challenge with their passionate people, world-renowned processes and diverse experience.
They live by their values:- Integrity, excellence and passion.
Due to steady growth, they now have exciting opportunities for a talented individual to join their winning team.
The Position
You will be responsible for delivering excellence in project management by leading and managing the delivery of projects on time, to the required quality and within the allocated budget, including primary customer contact.
Lead and deliver a variety of projects to customer satisfaction, on time delivery with a beat the budget mindset while managing and mentoring the project team resources
Initiate and sustain project related documentation consistent with the company Project workbook including Budget management, Labour forecasts, Risk Register, Schedule, Open Issues list, Change Management/ECO tracker, Lessons learned and Final acceptance testing.
Maintain a detailed schedule (MS Project for complex jobs) with a clearly identified Critical Path, ensuring the customer and project team are aware of related constraints.
Provide project leadership
Liaising directly with customers to understand their needs (commercial and technical)
Identify risk areas and generate a plan to mitigate them
Provide regular reporting to senior management and customer
Budget validation and control
Control all project changes that impact scope, schedule, budget or FAT/SAT Acceptance testing by using company tools and systems to log initial change requests from the Customer or the project team. After requests are logged, follow the company change management process to ensure proper resolution.
Hold project close out meeting to identify areas that were successful, or areas which need improvement
The Person
Strong project management experience within engineering/ manufacturing
Demonstrable evidence of successful project delivery on a multiple project and multi-disciplinary team basis
Understanding of capital equipment engineering systems / automation
Of degree calibre with a project management aptitude.
Working knowledge and practical application of project management planning methodologies and tools preferred.
Commercial awareness with contractual as well as project experience / knowledge
Hunger for success, personal drive and motivation - a proactive can-do attitude.
Communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels, within the team, wider business and suppliers.
Ability to organise, prioritise and maintain relevant information to support the business.
Sound analytical skills, good problem solver.
Organised and able to multi-task in a demanding environment, comfortable to operate under pressure, to lead and or be part of a team.
Excellent customer service and relationship building skills.
Creative ability to develop new ideas and implement improvements.
Accustomed to operating effectively under pressure.
A proactive can-do attitude.
A positive and determined work ethic
A professional approach
A commitment to excellence in all that you do
A team player, willing to continuously and proactively collaborate, share, and seek information and guidance
Self-driven to make a significant contribution to maximising customer service
This is an excellent opportunity to join a positive and encouraging team within a market leading and innovative organisation.
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