Senior Technical Project Manager
Apply locations: Hitchin, Cambridge
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted 2 Days Ago
Job requisition id: JR24_000729
Position: Senior Technical Project Manager
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 per annum
Hours: 39 hours per week
Reporting to: Head of Delivery
Job Category: Technical
Job Type: Full Time Contract
Job Location: Hitchin, Cambridge UK
Benefits: 25 days holidays, bonus, Halma Pension Plan
Scope of the role
Are you ready to take on a dynamic and impactful role as a Project Manager? In this exciting position, you will be at the forefront of delivering multiple projects across the business, each involving a unique blend of Electronics, Software, and Mechanical challenges to deliver safety-critical products that save lives. From design through to manufacturing and sustaining, you will ensure that every project is executed with precision and excellence.
As a Project Manager, you will seamlessly integrate Agile and traditional project management methodologies to drive success. You will be the key player in ensuring the delivery of crucial projects by adhering to the FFE Delivery Framework and NPI process. Your responsibilities will include formulating the project vision, setting goals and priorities, and owning the budget and overarching timeline.
Collaboration is at the heart of this role. You will work closely with leaders across the business to introduce and refine progressive working practices, fostering an environment of innovation and continuous improvement.
FFE operate a hybrid working policy; this role will require candidates to work in either our Hitchin or Dry Drayton office as required by the needs of the project. Candidates must reside in the UK or be willing to relocate and must also be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role.
If you are passionate about leading projects that make a difference and have the skills to drive them to success, we want to hear from you!
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Own and manage multiple large projects within FFE and ensure that FFE delivers high-quality products, according to well-defined plans and budgets.
2. Make project decisions that align with the FFE strategy.
3. Identify project risks and develop mitigation strategies to keep the project on track.
4. Support the Head of Delivery in championing the use of FFE’s Delivery Framework and NPI process across the business, and ensure they are continuously improved.
5. Support the development and rollout of related Frameworks/Processes across the business.
6. Use your expertise (e.g. technical/engineering knowledge) to support project delivery.
7. Maintain a transparent, trusting, and safe environment for project team members to speak openly and honestly.
Skills & Experience
1. Extensive experience of project management techniques such as Waterfall, Gantt, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban.
2. Confident using modern collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and MSTeams.
3. Experience of prioritisation, managing budgets, resource planning, running planning sessions, retrospectives, etc.
4. Ideally, experience of working in a highly regulated environment, e.g. Fire, safety, automotive, medical, aviation, etc.
5. Experience in delivering physical electronic/mechanical projects in a manufacturing environment.
6. Background in STEM.
7. Effective written and verbal communication with all levels and audiences within an organization.
8. Experience in producing and presenting project reports, project plans, budgets & forecasts.
9. Experienced problem solver ideally with Green/Black belt training using a variety of problem-solving techniques.
10. Can demonstrate the ability to manage conflict effectively, and with a track record of leading larger teams.
Behaviours
1. Lead by example.
2. Collaborative, empowering, optimistic, and motivational.
3. Can do attitude, high energy, but low ego.
4. Tenacious and curious.
5. Clear, open, and direct – focused on goals.
6. Principled, composed, and emotionally restrained.
7. Flexible and considerate of the impact of changes.
8. Willing to take on activities to plug gaps in the project teams to deliver the project.
9. Logical, organized, and data-driven problem solving.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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