A growing engineering company near Castle Cary is looking for a Project Manager to join their team

Role

Be an accountable Project Manager for process engineering solutions within the Dairy, Food & Beverage industry.

Be responsible for project management of all assigned projects, ensuring all contractual requirements are met, while working alongside project engineers (where necessary) to deliver projects in line with customer requirements, Company procedures, assigned budgets and key dates/milestones.

Coordinate cross functionally between the project team, contractors and suppliers that are involved in your projects and hold a responsibility for their performance.

Accountabilities

Main commercial point of contact for assigned projects.

Interpretation of contractual requirements and flow into programme, project deliverables and outsourced work packages.

Planning and execution of assigned projects in accordance with key dates, milestones, contract and Company procedures.

Implementing contracts for outsourced work packages.

Ensuring effectiveness of the project delivery team for assigned projects.

Overall responsibility for project budget, schedule, quality and resources for assigned projects.

Controlling project scope and identifying change in accordance with Company procedures and contractual requirements.

Actively managing and mitigating risk.

Hosting regular core team meetings and customer project reviews in accordance with Company procedures.

Implementing and maintaining project management tools including action logs, request for information logs, risk registers, etc.

Holding the project team and contractors accountable for deliverables, key dates and milestones.

Producing monthly project status reports for senior management/board review.

Driving quality and continuous improvement, effectively using non-conformance and project wash up procedures.

Responsibility for your own health and safety as well as those around you.

Essential:

Formal qualification in an engineering discipline

Relevant project management experience in an engineering discipline

Good decision making and leadership skills

Ability to manage several projects concurrently and meet deadlines

Ability to manage budgets and resources and understand procurement procedures

Ability to work calmly under pressure

Be prepared to be trained for new skills and gain extensive project management experience and expertise

Be prepared to stay away if required

APM qualified

Desirable:

Degree level in Mechanical Engineering

Project management experience within the Dairy, Food and Beverage industry

Proficient in the use of CADManaging health and safety qualifications SMSTS/IOSH/NEBOSH

37.5 hours

£45- £50k

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