Senior Project Manager

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Job DescriptionSenior Project ManagerWotton under EdgeUp to £48,000 depending on experience

EPD designs and supplies cutting-edge position feedback technology to the world’s precision measurement, automation, and manufacturing industries, it is made up of engineers, scientists and technicians all working together to produce market leading products for sale around the world.

Working closely with colleagues in our manufacturing division, we develop manufacturing and assembly processes and software to deliver quality products by the hundreds of thousands that in turn, perform reliably and repeatedly to sub-micron accuracies for our customers.

Renishaw’s Encoder Products Division (EPD) is looking for a Senior Project Manager to support the Current Products and Specials team. This role is suitable for an experienced Project Manager or someone with significant relevant experience in a related role. The successful candidate will manage current products maintenance and special product development projects and will support technical teams with planning, progress chasing and document management.

Responsibilities

• Project Manage activities in the Current Products team

• Manage and schedule change

• Co-ordinate resources

• Agree objectives, create and manage plans

• Create and maintain accurate project documentation

• Communicate across affected divisions and teams

• Agree customer requirements for special products

• Manage special products manufacture and delivery

• Coordinating and facilitating design changes through the corporate change process, creating and managing product change notices and product change plans

• Managing the impact of design changes by identifying all parts, assemblies and stakeholders that are affected and communicating appropriately

• Ensuring data in technical and commercial databases is current and accurate

• Ensuring compliance with Renishaw and legal standards

• Liaising with other teams in support of Current Products activities

Key requirements

• A Degree or HND in an engineering or scientific discipline, or the ability to demonstrate comparable applied knowledge and expertise

• ~ 3yrs experience in a Project Management role or related discipline

• Good communication and interpersonal skills coupled with the ability to “get on with people” and to work as part of a team

• Good technical awareness and understanding of design functions and engineering change processes

• Good computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft O365 applications

• An awareness of MRP/ERP and experience of design change control processes

• Ability to work without close supervision

• Excellent planning skills, able to complete tasks on time effectively prioritise work

• A willingness to adapt and create new processes to maximise efficiency of work

Desirable requirements

• Experience with Renishaw products and toolsets

• Understanding of metrology and optical measurement technology

• Problem solving experience

• Experience with working with remote team members

• Knowledge and understanding of the Syteline CCAR system

• Understanding of encoder production processes

• Understanding of technical drawings

Person specification

The successful candidate will have a high level of self-motivation and be a team player, with a positive attitude to problem solving. They will be pro-active, a completer, highly organised and flexible in their approach to meet the needs of the day to day project environment. They should be driven to meet deadlines and achieve targets.

Benefits

When you join Renishaw, we're committing to your future career. That's because we believe in developing our people's skills and promoting them internally. We also offer a benefits package that's highly desirable; including a 9% non-contributory pension, discretionary annual bonus, *subsidised onsite restaurants and *coffee shops, free parking, *car sharing scheme and *24 hour fitness centres. ( not available at all sites).

We also want to promote a healthy work-life balance as much as possible, so we have introduced a hybrid working policy which allows for a combination of home and office based working depending on the nature of your role. We also offer a variable working programme, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance policy of 12 times annual salary, Cycle to Work scheme, enhanced maternity pay subject to qualifying criteria, Health Cash Plan, the option to join BUPA Renishaw Health Trust and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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If you are excited about the role but feel as though you don’t meet all the requirements, we would encourage you still to apply. You might just be the right person for this role or another opportunity at Renishaw.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R9286 Senior Project Manager (Open)