Nicholas Associates
Technical Project Lead
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Position: Technical Project Lead
Location: Sheffield with regular and frequent time on customer sites worldwide
Salary: Negotiable but likely to be £60,000 - £80,000
Purpose
Responsible to the Head of Engineering, you will take technical responsibility for project execution and engineering deliverables in accordance with contract and the agreed timeline. This role is very much a technical position with elements of project management / project delivery involved. It is not simply managing the delivery of the project.
- Responsible for assigned portion of product design and development process, ensuring project schedules are maintained.
- Monitor progress, identify any areas of concern, escalate & manage customer expectations.
- Support sales and prepare the data analysis and collection before the project start.
- Support colleagues during technical and commercial negotiations.
- Planning across multiple project milestones and resources to ensure engineering is delivered on time.
- Ensure designs are within project cost constraints.
- Manage engineering resources, internal and external to suit project requirements.
- Manage delivery of motor and components list and coordinate with automation dept.
- Visit sites worldwide to attend meetings, monitor erection and commissioning.
- Be able to read and understand technical drawings (mechanical, electrical and piping).
- Worldwide Customer visits occasionally required for kick off, progress meetings and site problem solving.
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- A degree level qualification in Mechanical Engineering or very similar is essential.
- Post graduate qualifications or professional accreditations are beneficial - MEng, CEng etc.
- You will have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft programmes; in particular, Word formatting and overall documentation presentation skills.
- Good communication and team working skills both oral and written; with proven clear and effective communication skills in both formal and informal business environments.
- Good analytical and engineering problem-solving ability looking at overall results and finer details.
- Ability to deliver technical / engineering quality results under pressure.
- Ability to remain self-motivated.
- Experience undertaking structured writing in the form of technical reports.
- Working experience within technical structures for materials handling, kinetic architecture or similar sectors.
- Fabrication / Steelwork Design experience is beneficial.
- Evidence of project management experience or understanding is beneficial although the role is very much technically biased.
- Planning skills, on-time delivery of assignments.
- Experience of 2D and 3D CAD is very much preferred (AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor & PLM experience a plus).
- The ability to read and understand engineering drawings is essential.
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