Position : Technical Project Lead
Location : Sheffield with regular and frequent time on customer sites worldwide
Salary : Negotiable but likely to be £60,000 - £80,000
Purpose:
- Responsible to the Head of Engineering, you will take technical responsibility for project execution and engineering deliverables in accordance with contract and the agreed timeline.
- This role is very much a technical position with elements of project management / project delivery involved. It is not simply managing the delivery of the project
- You will be responsible for assigned portion of product design and development process, ensuring project schedules are maintained
- Monitor progress, identify any areas of concern, escalate & manage customer expectations.
- Support sales and prepare the data analysis and collection before the project start.
- Support colleagues during technical and commercial negotiations.
- Planning across multiple project milestones and resources to ensure engineering is delivered on time
- Ensure designs are within project cost constraints
- Manage engineering resources, internal and external to suit project requirements
- Manage delivery of motor and components list and coordinate with automation dept
- Visit sites worldwide to attend meetings, monitor erection and commissioning
- Be able to read and understand technical drawings (mechanical, electrical and piping).
- Worldwide Customer visits occasionally required for kick off, progress meetings and site problem solving
Qualifications & Experience: (desirable and/or essential)
- A degree level qualification in Mechanical Engineering or very similar is essential
- Post graduate qualifications or professional accreditations are beneficial - MEng, CEng etc
- You will have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft programmes; in particular, Word formatting and overall documentation presentation skills.
- Good communication and team working skills both oral and written; with proven clear and effective communication skills in both formal and informal business environments.
- Good analytical and engineering problem-solving ability looking at overall results and finer details.
- Ability to deliver technical / engineering quality results under pressure
- Ability to remain self-motivated.
- Experience undertaking structured writing in the form of technical reports.
- Working experience within technical structures for materials handling, kinetic architecture or similar sectors
- Fabrication / Steelwork Design experience is beneficial
- Evidence of project management experience or understanding is beneficial although the role is very much technically biased
- Planning skills, on-time delivery of assignments
- Experience of 2D and 3D CAD is very much preferred (AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor & PLM experience a plus). The ability to read and understand engineering drawings is essential