Project Manager

Purpose of Job

To lead and oversee the successful delivery of complex, high-impact projects (Customer and Internal), ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards. 

To communicate project progress to the Key Stakeholders and Senior Micro Nav Management in accordance with the requirements of the Project Plan and Contract, and to manage Customer project relations throughout the life of the project. 

To lead bids and tenders across all lines of business. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Execution: Develop Project Plans, define scope, set timelines and manage cross functional resources in support of the project(s). Create and maintain detailed integrated, resource loaded schedules for all active projects.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage communication and relationships with stakeholders, both internal and external, ensuring alignment and satisfaction
• Supplier Management: Work with software and hardware providers to provide optimised solutions for each individual project, ensuring requirements are met within budget and timescales.
• Risk Management: Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues that may impact project delivery. Actively work with key resources throughout the business to reduce and/or mitigate project risks where possible.
• Budget Management: Manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and optimised profit.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure projects meet quality standards and deliver contractual outcomes.
• Performance Monitoring: Track project progress, working closely with all Engineering and other project contributors to ensure performance to plan is achieved.
• Strategic Decision Making: Evaluate situations using multiple sources of information to ensure decisions are made using a broad range of information and experience to optimise outcomes.
• Reporting: Provide regular project updates to key stakeholders and regularly to the Executive Team.
• Process Improvement: Contribute to the improvement of project management processed and methodologies within the organisation.
• Lead bid development / preparation activities for new business opportunities, from bid kickoff to submission including quotation, key document and cost estimate deliverables.

Requirements

Proficient in recognised project management approaches / tools (PMP/PRINCE2).

Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of tools; Outlook, Word, Excel and Project required.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with sound ability to negotiate internally and externally in customer and stakeholder relationships.  

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting customer projects worldwide.

Ability to travel internationally to project sites for key milestone events – 25% to 50% travel

Ability to understand and process technical information relevant to projects.

Education & Experience

Project Management techniques and methods, knowledge and application of Project Management methodologies and techniques

Project Management Certification required (PMP or PRINCE 2 qualification)

University degree in Engineering, Business or Project Management

Bid management experience

Benefits

• Electric vehicle lease scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted shopping
• Health care cash back scheme
• Discount on local gym membership
• Free bakery goods on a Friday to thank you for your week
• Free fruit every day
• Subsidised snacks – proceeds to charity
• Discounted access to financial advisor
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• 25 days holiday plus your birthday off
• Life Assurance 4 x salary
• Long service awards
• Free car parking
• Recruitment referral scheme

Indra is an equal employment opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, origin, disability or other characteristics protected by law