Project Manager 12 month FTC

In this role, you will lead and manage complex projects that resolve identified business needs and deliver project targets. Facilitate an effective and efficient project portfolio management tasking for business management. Co-ordinate and deliver organizational change management across various projects within the business. The role will specifically focus on Project Management of key changes within the operations design function of a manufacturing site.

Safety

• All risk assessments are carried out and maintained.

Project Management

• Responsible for managing, leading, and delivering large and complex projects including multiple product lines. Lead project and functional management and project teams to achieve project objectives on schedule, quality, and on budget.
• Provide the main interface and maintain a confident relationship with the project owner, steering group, customer, and other participants in the project.
• Responsible for ensuring all contractual and technical obligations are fulfilled. Establish and maintain risk register for assigned projects. Ensure that all external and internal technical requirements are resolved before delivery.
• Deliver the project results as agreed with the steering group and identify opportunities and provide expertise to build resilience to change across the organization.
• Plan and coordinate all activities during project execution, such as resourcing, engineering, purchasing, manufacturing, logistics, installation, and commissioning.
• Produce accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.
• Drive visible performance management, use KPIs to track progress, monitor actual performance versus plan, and promote awareness to drive improvement.
• Responsible for tracking project tasks, creation of status reports, and delivery of the same to the Operations team.
• Support the review and update of functional requirement specifications and process design documentation.
• Support data verification and ensure that all documents such as test reports, certificates, manuals, and other necessary documents are ready before delivery. After the project delivery, ensure the ramp-up activities take place according to the plan.

Operations Change Management and Delivery

• Implementing a strategy to support the adoption of change management techniques within the business.
• Assessing change readiness of the operational team and identifying key stakeholders.
• Creating change/project management plans for projects or change initiatives with particular emphasis on compliance, training needs analysis, training plan, implementation tracking, communication, and other associated change considerations.
• Developing change management processes and tools to support the integration and engagement with change management principles.
• Preparing impact analyses and evaluation of the actual impact of changes and analyzing and preparing risk mitigation tactics and processes.
• Close collaboration with key stakeholders to integrate change management activities into existing project plans.
• Managing the input and output of the change management reporting system for projects.
• Capturing data and defining and measuring success metrics.
• Consulting and advising key stakeholders on change management.
• Ensuring goals are met in areas including on-time delivery, customer satisfaction, safety, quality, and team member performance.

Productivity

• Promote and develop a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence within operations.
• Identifying and eliminating root cause barriers to accuracy and productivity.

Education:

• Project Management qualifications e.g. PRINCE, PMI, Scrum, PMP, etc.
• Manufacturing operations background highly desirable.
• Lean/Six Sigma experience would be advantageous.

Experience:

• 10 years of experience as a Project Manager, managing end-to-end projects.
• Proven in-depth project management experience using a variety of project management methodologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in project management and communications.
• Experience implementing changes to business processes, technologies, and systems, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience identifying problems at an early stage and effectively solving them.
• Proven experience in working in project teams and implementing a change program of work.
• Strong verbal and written communication capabilities.
• Advanced project management skills.

Competencies:

• Excellent time management skills - a highly organized individual capable of prioritizing their own workload.
• Project and Change management skills.
• Ability to work in a matrix environment.
• Problem-solving capability.
• Critical thinking and decision-making.
• Lean principles.

If you feel that you have the skills and experience required in this advertisement to be an Preoject Manager, please submit your CV including an outline of your experience as an Project Manager. It is always a good idea to include a covering letter outlining your experience as an Project Manager with your application as this will enhance your chances of selection and improve your prospects of landing the Project Manager role you desire.