School/Department: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
Work Arrangement: Full Time (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 16/02/2025
The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.
Overview
As a Project Manager, you will be working within groups in the AMRC or across multiple groups. In this exciting opportunity this role will be based in the Central Project Delivery Group. The role supports the delivery of projects and programmes that range in scale and duration across multiple AMRC groups.
You will be in an environment where you will be required to use your creative thinking skills, combining the development of research and technology theories and applied manufacturing solutions in a non-production environment. You will also need to demonstrate a high level of capability, facilitating low risk transition of these solutions into our industrial partners’ production facilities.
The AMRC are a Corporate Partners of the Association of Project Management (APM). Meaning we continuously train, support and encourage the Project Management team at the AMRC.
Main duties and responsibilities
* Scoping, planning and delivery of a variety of projects and programmes.
* Ownership and support/preparation of project and programme budgets, in collaboration with Research Engineers to ensure they are not exceeded and spent on relevant project items.
* Detailed management, control and reporting throughout the project lifecycle for relevant individuals to be updated on project progress.
* Inputting, ordering and interrogating finance data in order to deliver projects and programmes to budget.
* Responsible for monthly invoicing and deeper financial review of projects and programmes, working directly with AMRC Finance team representatives.
* Management and support of Assistant Project Managers and Project Coordinators within your ‘team of teams’ including offering support/guidance where necessary.
* Makes presentations to customers and senior management on project updates, project cycle, and expected results.
* Support and participate in project teams to deliver projects in time and on budget.
* Present results to internal and external stakeholders at all levels in a professional and concise manner.
* Be responsible for short, medium and long-term projects and programmes in own area, or contribute to the planning of the group.
* Liaise with partners and suppliers when and where required to form good relationships.
* Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post.
Person Specification
* Have relevant and specific Project Management work experience. (assessed at: application/ interview)
* Have a client facing / customer service work experience at all levels of business. (assessed at: application/ interview)
* Demonstrate ability to undertake short, medium and long term projects and programmes carrying out all roles at all levels up to the level of £5m or comparable workload. (assessed at: application/ interview)
* Must hold or have held a formal PM qualification, such as PMQ / Prince 2 Practitioner certification, or equivalent. (assessed at: application/ interview)
* Experience of managing project teams and reporting methods. (assessed at: application/ interview)
* IT Skills across Microsoft Office suite, including Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Project - basic to intermediate standard (assessed at: application/ interview/ test)
* Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, report writing skills, experience of delivering presentations. (assessed at: application/ interview/ test)
* Ability to assess and organise resources, plan and progress work activities using Microsoft Project, SAP and other tools. (assessed at: application/ interview/ test)
* Experience of delivering a range of project management approaches. (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid etc). (assessed at: application/ interview)
* Demonstrate the ability to actively participate and lead meetings with customer/s or staff at all levels, giving input and results as required. (assessed at: application/ interview/ test)
* Demonstrate experience in the interviewing and recruitment of project team staff. (assessed at: application/ interview/ test)
* Demonstrate experience of reviewing individual/team progress and performance and embedding organisational strategy into individual performance planning. (assessed at: application/ interview/ test)
Further Information
Grade: 7
Line manager: Senior Project Manager
Direct reports: N/A
For informal enquiries about this job contact:
Angus Williams, Head of Project Management: on a.williams@amrc.co.uk.
Next steps in the recruitment process
The selection process date will be confirmed. This will consist of an interview. We plan to let candidates know if they have progressed to the selection stage within two weeks of the closing date. If you need any support, equipment or adjustments to enable you to participate in any element of the recruitment process you can contact Angus Williams at a.williams@amrc.co.uk.
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you have a disability and meet the essential criteria for this job you will be invited to take part in the next stage of the selection process.
Criminal record
Please be aware that there is a requirement for the successful applicant to undertake a Baseline Personnel Security Standard check (BPSS). Please ensure you meet the eligibility criteria for the check when you are applying for this post.
Possession of a criminal record is not an automatic bar to employment at the University of Sheffield. We recognise the value of steady employment in the rehabilitation process and examine each case in its own right.
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