Project Manager

Job title: Project Manager
Location: Beccles

Purpose of Role:
To work as part of a team to support all project management functions, assuring customer expectation is achieved/exceeded, throughout the project life cycle, up to and including Site Acceptance Test. (SAT).  Also to provide standard costs and proven technical concepts for machine / system solutions and compile customer facing documentation within given timescales, to support Sales.

 
Key Responsibilities:

·        Produce User Requirement Specifications and Functional Specs for machines/systems

·        Manage handover of technical and commercial information to company operations

·        Prepare and maintain project files: budgets, schedules, plans and management reports.

·        Support the activities of application engineers and contract managers

·        Compile and validate  testing criteria to satisfy both factory and off-site acceptance

·        Manage customer expectation whilst assuring the best interests of the company are upheld

·        Produce cost effective machine / system solutions using standard practices

·        Produce budget quotations and formal proposals within given timescales

·        Produce accurate and consistent machine / system costings using standard templates

·        Analyse business risk and implement appropriate actions to minimize the risk

·        Specify and source third party equipment as necessary

·        Visit customer sites (worldwide) to support sales, project or design functions

·        Continuously review Extranet and download enquiries to respond to within the required timeframes

·        Adhere to all required quality and health & safety policies in operation relating to job role

·        Any other duty within your competency as may be required

Competencies / Skills:

·        Excellent understanding of company machines and their process applications

·        Good oral and written communication

·        Good IT skills – CAD, word processing, spreadsheets, database.

·        Good customer / supplier facing skills

·        Good planning organisation and time management

·        Influencing  and negotiating skills

·        Proactive with self-start initiative

Background / Experience:

·        Proven ability to project manage machine / system solutions

·        Mechanical design / control engineering experience

·        Machine manufacturing and assembly experience

·        Process line experience

·        HND or equivalent qualification in relevant discipline

·        Proven capability

Technique Recruitment Solutions are a specialist engineering recruitment company based in Norfolk