Job Title: Senior Project Manager

Department: Projects

Reporting to: Head of Programme Management

Main purpose:

Manage and coordinate all activities required to successfully deliver allocated Projects, ensuring that deliverables, objectives and KPI’s are achieved at the project level and that the agreed customer requirements are met.

Assist the Head of Programme Management by setting a strong, positive example to less experienced members of the Project Team, demonstrating application of both technical and soft skills to deliver projects to cost, quality and timing targets.

Key Responsibilities: Project Management:

• Manage and coordinate all activities with a multi-disciplined team using best practice project management techniques to ensure successful delivery of allocated Projects in accordance with WIPAC’s Project Lifecycle Phase Exit Process.
• Manage project budgets by maintaining an accurate, up to date Project Budget Worksheet, showing budget, actual and forecast information for prototypes, D&D, tooling and piece price, revenue, expenditure & margins.
• Manage project timing and maintain an accurate, up to date project timing plan. Liaising with suppliers and internal resources to ensure good visibility of project status and highlight concerns.
• Lead customer project meetings and visits, acting as the primary point of contact for customers throughout the project and ensuring customer relationships are managed effectively to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction for current & future business.
• Chair and minute internal project meetings, maintaining a project level open points list, with the project team as appropriate.
• Ensure that all Projects are managed in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Identify, report and escalate project risks in line with approved business processes.
• Ensure that Project and Series Engineering and Project Changes are managed in accordance with Company Policies and Procedures.
• Manage pre-production build phases & process equipment development in line with project requirements.
• Report project status and KPIs to the Senior Management team at monthly project reviews.
• Act as a role model for less experienced members of the team, demonstrating positive leadership by setting a strong example through high-quality documentation, professional conduct, effective project delivery, and strong collaboration with the project team and wider business to achieve cost, quality, and timing objectives.
• Provide cover during periods of absence for other Project Managers and Project Engineers.
• Support the Head of Programme Management in delivering improvement projects including the development and implementation of Project Management tools, processes and standard documents.