Senior Project Manager

Qualifications Knowledge & Skills

• · A degree or equivalent in an engineering or technical discipline would be preferable
• · Good people management skills, able to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment and lead the team
• · Good team working skills, together with the ability to interface with others at all levels
• · Excellent Inter-personal and communication skills, able to influence, persuade and negotiate with people at all levels (externally & internally) as well as to assist in reaching compromises when there are conflicting requirements
• · High degree of organisation, self-motivation and initiative
• · Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• · Results orientated with a strong drive to deliver
• · Pro-active and able to take initiative
• · Decision making and creative problem-solving skills
• · Clear communication skills
• · Proven ability to deliver solutions under pressure and to tight timescales
• · Ability to work closely with technical teams to understand and grasp concepts and issues and translate those to schedule and cost impacts with a balanced approach to risk
• · Ability to produce and maintain a risk register and to communicate the philosophy on risk
• · Ability to understand commercial terms and translate those into impacts on project
• · Ability to create a project plan and to translate that into a project schedule within MS Project
• · Able to work autonomously and using own initiative
• · Understanding of contracts and product assurance plans
• · Good knowledge of MS Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint and particularly Microsoft Project
• · Able to demonstrate company mindsets and behaviours; Be accountable, Drive & delivery, communicate effectively, Self-manage effectively, Work as one team