Senior / Lead Project Manager

Job Description

Senior/ Lead Project Manager

Wotton under Edge

Up to £60,000 depending on experience

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible we want to help our people grow professionally before recruiting external candidates. If you think this position is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Renishaw is currently seeking a Senior / Lead Project Manager with excellent project co‑ordination and management skills to work in Renishaw’s Machine Tool Products Division and support our future product range plans. Reporting to the Operations Manager, the role will involve working with multi-disciplinary research and development teams to manage exciting software and hardware projects, developing new techniques, technologies and products to drive the product range forward.

The role will be based at our New Mills site near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire. Travel to other sites may also be required depending on the business need.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management of both software and hardware projects, from planning, execution of these plans, and the release of new and upgrade products and technologies to market through the most optimal methods.
• Supporting projects through the formal Renishaw product development process, both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Working as part of a project management team to deliver the machine tool products project portfolio.
• Communication of project progress and status to a range of stakeholders through various mediums (including verbal presentations and written documentation)
• Lead the risk management process for project team(s).
• Manage the resource requirements for project team(s).
• Coordinate and define project scope for responsible project(s).
• Manage the compliance and documentation processes.
• Manage project cost and resource forecast using Renishaw custom software.
• Lead and chair team update meetings/stand ups and lead retrospectives and risk meetings.
• Report project status in various forums including project reviews, for board papers, flagship reporting and the development of roadmaps.
• Supporting the team in adopting project-management good practice.
• Support project management initiatives / process improvement activities both within divisions and across the business.
• Assist/support the Operations Manager where necessary with operational activities.

Key requirements

• Experience in project management processes for R&D projects.
• Experience of Agile and Waterfall project delivery
• Experience managing projects that deliver new products to market and product launches.
• Minimum HNC / Degree educated (2:1 or above) in a relevant discipline (STEM or Management).
• Able to work effectively as part of a diverse and global team, but able to work independently as well to drive outcomes
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications.
• A full, valid passport ensuring unrestricted travel to and from the UK.
• A full UK driving license.

Desirable requirements

• Recognised project management qualifications.
• Experience managing Innovate UK funded projects.
• Engineering specific project management experience.
• Experience of configuration management systems for managing software development and changes (e.g., Microsoft DevOps, Atlassian products, SharePoint etc)
• Experience with working with remote team members.

Person specification

The successful applicant will be a self-motivated, organised and dynamic results driven individual, keen to make a significant contribution within our machine tool products division. They will be a strong communicator, innovative and highly organised, enabling them to manage multiple projects simultaneously and achieve the best project outcome possible.

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 Renishaw Health Trust (Aviva) and an Employee Assistance Programme for employees and family.

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Employment Type:

Permanent

Time Type:

Full time

Requisition Number:

R10386 Senior / Lead Project Manager (Open)