Project Manager
Fully Office based, 5 days pw in Stafford
The pay rate is £47/hr Umbrella (or £34.50/hr PAYE)
The contract is initially for 12 months, but is expected to be ongoing afterwards
Must have Mechanical Manufacturing & Engineering Background, ideally Aerospace, Automotive or similar High Value Manufactured Electro / Mech Product

 
Candidates must have at least 3 years project management experience which includes:

• Project Requirements Gathering
• Defining Feasibility of Projects
• Establishing & Creating Project Requirement plans
• Developing Business Cases
• Establishing Governance
• Establishing relationships with Stakeholders
• Managing the project against the plan
• Delivering the project against the plan – On time and in full
• Must have Mechanical Engineering Background, ideally Automotive or similar High Value Industry

 
Candidates will need very good MS Project and MS Excel skills such as pivot tables & data extraction.
And ideally some form of PMI or PMP qualification e.g., Prince 2 (desirable but not essential).

 
 
Duties                

• Develop and produce program and/or project management schedules using MS Project.
• Management and accountability for the portfolio of projects
• Monitoring project progress and performance
• Regular stakeholder reporting
• Work with partners, monitor progress, to ensure project delivered in a timely manner on budget.
• Attend business meetings with partners
• Risk Management
• Resource Management – Provide input for staffing and support of programs and create accurate and detailed resource-loaded project schedules
• Management of project/programme budgets
• Maintains program level issues/action logs, risk registers, scope change requests/logs, program schedules, and program cost tracking.
• Expertise in Project/Program Management tools & processes, including project/portfolio resource and cost management.
• Facilitate projects, lead chartering sessions, develop/validate network diagrams, and lead integration and compression sessions with internal and external teams
• Mentor/coach the project leaders in project management, and address any issues one-on-one with senior divisional and department management if appropriate.
• Use company’s project accounting systems and produce project-related financial reports.

Monitors progress of projects, discusses problems with affected areas, assures appropriate personnel are informed of problems and steps are in place to meet schedules.
 
£47.00 ph FCSA Umbrella (This role is Deemed inside IR35), £34.50 ph paye