Project Manager

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Scope of Role:

This role is responsible and accountable for the overall planning, execution, control and reporting of the project. The role will own and drive the solution delivery process while ensuring efficient stakeholder management (both internal & external).

This position will manage and use the resources of a cross-functional project team, to complete the project successfully, regardless of whether the resources report to the role or not.

This role offers a potential succession to a Programme Manager role in future.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of the project on a daily basis with regards to time, budget and quality.
• Manage the project with the collaboration of the engineering project leads.
• Define the project management strategy and approach adhering to guidelines and standards.
• Develop and maintain the project plan including project assignments and various project reports.
• Plan, organise and control the activities of the project team and report on the team's progress.
• Monitor, evaluate and report on project performance (budget,cost, schedule, scope, quality, risk and issues) and financial status.
• Maintain overall change procedure and impact statements.
• Ensure that the project work results are compliant with stated requirements, priorities and strategies of the project.
• Manage the relationship with external providers and review performance.
• Manage the relationship with customers providing suitable and regular project updates. Manage project status and report project progress to project team and senior management.
• Communicate project progress and directions to the project team.
• Raise project issues and risks as well as quality and scope deviations and escalate as necessary.
• In conjunction with Engineering Manager select, develop, and oversee an effective team and allocate team members to project tasks.
• Mediate problems encountered by team members.

Professional Knowledge & Experience:

1. Bachelors Degree in Engineering Discipline
2. Track record of successful project management
3. Demonstrates technical competence within the respective market segment for the project.
4. Demonstrates knowledge of project based principles, practices and operations as typically acquired by a professional qualification or equivalent in related work experience
5. Demonstrates ability to manage the project process.
6. Demonstrates the ability to proactively engage, interface and support internal Engineering and Business Development teams
7. Able to manage and/or work as part of a multi disciplined team
8. Have experience of working with OEM's
9. Good command of the English language and very articulate
10. Demonstrates effective and diplomatic oral and written communication skills
11. Good presentation and communication skills to groups of around 10-50 people
12. Significant Microsoft suit IT skills
13. Full portfolio of project planning skills
14. Able to priorities job requirements in order to satisfy customer needs

AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers' most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit www.ametek.com for more information.