Project Manager

Project Manager
Bridgnorth

Are you looking for a chance to advance your machining project management career in a forward-thinking company that is passionate about providing a first-class service to its customers?

With the largest independent foundry in the world, our engineers have been designing, manufacturing, and verifying complex precision sand castings for over 70 years. We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager to join our progressive company with a personal, hands-on approach. As an ambitious business, we are building a team of like-minds who are not afraid to push the boundaries of what is possible.

With a diverse range of product dimensions and an abundance of applications, our process involves the harmonisation of engineering and mathematical iteration to ensure a timely solution is delivered for every customer. Our desire to innovate and improve the casting process for the future never dulls. While the challenge to be leaner, greener, and meaner increases each year, we’re committed to meeting these demands by pushing the boundaries of what is possible to produce high-quality castings that are lighter, more powerful, and more reliable.

Your Rewards
 
- Competitive salary DOE
- Pension
- Range of flexible benefits
- Onsite parking

This is the perfect role for an individual who is excited by leading projects to meet customer and company objectives in an innovative precision engineering and machining environment.

A savvy Project Manager who has a keen eye for detail and well-honed communications skills, with an interest in precision machining, would gain a high degree of job satisfaction in the position.

Your Role

Reporting to the Executive Manager, you will be responsible for managing machining projects from conception to completion, delegating to and steering the machining team towards satisfactory delivery.

As well as managing and developing the sub-contract machining base, you will support the New Product Introduction (NPI) process, take responsibility for project financial management, and contribute to health and safety and environmental improvements.

Specifically, your duties will include:

- Guiding the tooling/CAD department to help with DFM
- Maintaining and promoting good working relationships with customers
- Managing post-sales service
- Producing and presenting timely and accurate timing plans
- Maintaining personal supplier worklist
- Negotiating costs and managing the selection process to ensure the subcontract procurement is provided in line with targets
- Holding responsibility for managing profit margins on allocated projects
- Assisting with preparation of monthly predicted sales figures
- Ensuring that CAD activity is carried out within the terms of the Company Health and Safety Policy
- Supporting health, safety and environmental management programmes and the drive for continual improvement

About You

A quality-oriented team player with a proven capability of working to deadlines, you will be a hard-working and flexible manager who can maintain professionalism under all circumstances.

To be considered as our next Machining Project Manager, you will need:

- A solid engineering background, preferably in a machining environment, and knowledge of machining
- Experience of technical management or procurement management of engineering parts of services
- The ability to read and explain engineering drawings with GD&T
- Proven project management skills with the ability to manage various projects at the same time
- A degree of flexibility in working hours and a willingness to undertake overseas travel

Knowledge of precision machined components, particularly if gained from an automotive engineering background is highly desirable.

So, if you’re seeking your next challenge as a Project Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.