Senior Project Manager - Matchtech : Job Details

Our client, a leading company in the manufacturing and engineering sector, is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their team in Bristol. This hybrid role involves managing large or multiple medium-sized projects, overseeing subsystems and technologies for environmental solutions that reduce greenhouse gases produced during micro-chip manufacturing.

• Plan: Act as the single point of contact responsible for project schedule, cost, risks, and scope; generate a suitable Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that enables level 0, 1, 2, and 3 plans to be developed; track progress and provide updates to the programme team and key stakeholders as required.
• Budget: Own the project budget, monitoring the expenditures and costs throughout the project.
• Responsibility Matrix: Ensure a suitable responsibility matrix (RACI) has been generated for each project.
• Risk, Actions, Issues and Decisions: Develop a RAID log for the project detailing key risks, actions, issues, and decisions. For all risks ensure a suitable mitigate is in place, developing contingency plans, or adjusting project scope, resources, or timelines as needed.
• Reporting: Translate project status, risks, opportunities, and issues into reliable, consistent, and regular reporting.
• Stakeholder Management: Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver end-to-end project milestones and goals.
• Stakeholder Management: Negotiate with and/or influence senior management to resolve program or project level challenges.
• Change Management: Manage project scope and deliverables through a structured change management process to ensure customer expectations are met.

Qualifications/Education/Certifications:

• Recognised Project or Programme Management Qualification (e.g. APM PMQ, Prince2), or equivalent experience (Essential)
• Educated to Degree level in a suitable Technical/Engineering/Science discipline (Essential)

Experience:

• Significant experience of managing complex technical programmes or projects spanning multiple phases/years to time, spec, and cost; experience in managing projects with software content (Essential)
• Demonstrated experience of influencing and managing across global teams (Essential)
• Achievements in continuous improvement to systems, processes, or tools (Desirable)
• Previous line management or functional management or coaching experience (Desirable)

• Excellent influencing and negotiation skills at multiple organisational levels (Essential)
• Able to analyse complex programme requirements and generate a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) as part of high-level programme definition (Essential)
• Experience of project planning tools (such as Microsoft Project), processes, and methodologies (Essential)
• Experience of RAID logs (Risk, Actions, Issues and Decisions) (Essential)

• Flexibility working
• 25 days holiday (excluding Bank Holidays)
• Bonus up to 7.5% of annual salary
• Pension with a company contribution of up to 8%
• Life assurance of 4 x basic salary
• Cash health plan
• Fitness app with streamable classes and discounted membership with some gyms
• Thriving Wellbeing Programme
• Wellbeing and prayer room
• Private express room for new mothers
• Recognition and reward programme
• Career development opportunities including apprenticeships, mentoring scheme, and more
• Support or sponsorship for formal qualifications and professional development (e.g. CEng, CIPS & CIPD)
• Free parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Charity and volunteering days

If you are a skilled Senior Project Manager looking for a new opportunity in a dynamic and impactful industry, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's esteemed team in Clevedon.