Project Manager - 1598031 - Peterborough (LHI-106615)

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Project Manager - 1598031
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

Project Manager - Heavy Duty Vehicle (Contract). My client is a leading global organisation within the automotive industry in the design and manufacture of industrial diesel engines. Due to continued company growth they are recruiting for a Project Manager on a contract basis with a pay rate up to £40.00/hr. This role will be based in Peterborough but will require travel throughout the UK and USA.

Role Description:
The program will develop a suite of engine and power train technologies for a 30% reduction in fuel consumption/CO2 that are scalable across multiple vehicle platforms. The technologies will be integrated and demonstrated on Articulated Trucks.

The role is responsible for delivering the Project outcomes by managing and progressing the Project to time and cost, handling information flows and commercial issues, ensuring effective team-working and the continued engagement and support of key stakeholders. This will include both the elements of work internal to our client as well as other work packages performed by external partners.

The role will be based in Peterborough and reports manager of the Low Carbon Energy Research Team in the UK. The expectation is 3 days a week in Peterborough plus time in Loughborough and other UK locations - 1/3 of time IL USA, 2/3 time UK.

The project manager will work in partnership with the Chief technologist who owns and directs the overall technical approach of the complete program ensuring the quality of the program outputs.

Skills / Qualifications:
Experience of leading projects of comparable size and complexity with a wide base of resources internally and externally, preferably with experience in automotive (i.e. engine/vehicle complex projects)
Superior planning and financial systems skills including the ability to understand end effectively manage links and impacts between the multiple external plans of sub projects.
Excellent written and verbal communication - internal and external audiences of all levels including sufficient presence to engage and influence external program manager and external organisations who are delivering parts of the project.
Ability to form a good working relationship with the Chief technologist, Technology Integration lead and External Program manager - this will be a close team.
Preferable - understand the technical language of Engine and Machine products (not needed to be a technical expert).

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Contracts are those of an Employment Business.