Project Manager

An exciting opportunity to join a world-class team responsible for delivering a variety of consultancy and engineering based projects. ZF Race Engineering provides its customers with a complete engineering service from product development through to product validation and low volume product supply.  The business is undergoing a period of rapid growth and is seeking to recruit an experienced and well-qualified Project Manager to manage the delivery of a range of engineering development and product supply projects.

Your tasks:

  • Ensure that the project deliverables are achieved to time, cost and quality targets using best practice project management techniques
  • Escalate issues as appropriate and implement recovery plans where necessary 
  • Coordinate necessary project administration activities and ensure that relevant business managers are aware of the project, its status, and issues arising
  • Ensure that the required project documentation is produced, that reviews are undertaken and that approvals are obtained at each stage of the Project
  • Monitor and manage project changes as well as internal and external supplier relationships

Your profile:

  • Successfully completed degree in an engineering or technical discipline
  • Several years of experience of working in an automotive engineering environment and experience of leading multidisciplinary project teams
  • Knowledge of engineering systems design and product development lifecycles
  • Professional project management qualification (e.g. CAPM/PMP/APMP), high proficiency in the use of MS Project and familiarity with CA PPM (‘Clarity’) or a similar project management tool
  • Excellent team leadership, relationship-building and communication skills