Project Lead in Glasgow

Leading the Projects team, the primary role of the Projects Lead is to act as the first line management, accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the team. This includes people management when allocating daily tasks, managing performance and development issues, workflow, as well as maintaining standards and KPIs. Other duties will include planning and progressing various contracts through functional areas to meet or exceed stated goals of maintaining required margin and on-time delivery. You will be the point of contact for external customers and be expected to proactively communicate the latest delivery forecast.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Maintain a positive/safe working environment.
• Be a Key Member in the Leadership team with positive KPI results, ensuring adherence to company values.
• Take a positive approach to coaching, developing, and performance managing team members.
• Be the primary focal point for all contracts under direct control.
• Identify and implement improvements within the function and role.
• Ensure all projects are delivered safely and without incident.
• Overall management and control of all assigned projects and related activities, from contract award to delivery.
• Drive the team to liaise with supporting functions to meet the delivery plan.
• Functional owner of any aspects of Trade Compliance.
• Arrange and support key customer visits and witness activities for projects under direct control.
• Create and maintain high-level plans for specific contracts where required.
• Work with functional areas to resolve issues relating to delivery plan adherence.
• Management of project change via the change/variation order process.
• Capture deviations from the agreed scope of work and recover any additional costs and identify schedule impacts.
• Management of project resources and delegation of tasks to appropriate personnel.
• Highlight bottlenecks/constraints with the Value Stream.
• Internal and External project status reporting.
• Support in the bid process where appropriate.

Note the above duties and responsibilities are not exhaustive. These are the main areas; others may be included as deemed reasonable.

People Manager Responsibilities

• Leading and managing all employees effectively, driving positive engagement & motivation across the team.
• Creating a trusted relationship with your people.
• Understanding what your people value and supporting them in achieving this.
• Having open and honest coaching conversations to help your people identify their strengths and development areas.
• Supporting your people’s personal aspirations and objectives aligned to team objectives.
• Helping your people broaden their network or identify more challenging roles or projects to support their career progression.
• With support from HR, create and maintain a robust competency matrix for the team along with training and development plans.
• Ensure training and development plans are actioned.
• Knowing about health and wellbeing support available and proactively offering appropriate advice.
• Effectively manage sickness absence, following company policy and seeking guidance from HR when required.
• Understanding the performance and development planning process; supporting and managing your people through the process.
• Supporting your people throughout the year, tracking progress against objectives and managing any performance issues.

Education, Skills and Experience

• Strong focus on driving the customer delivery plan.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including managing conflict and setting standards.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, across all levels within the company and to external customers.
• Strong knowledge of SAP and Excel.
• Good numeracy skills and high attention to detail.
• Understanding high-level planning, scheduling, and project management.
• Proven track record in building effective teams and ensuring that team members are strongly managed.

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK for this role.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Opportunities to develop
• Bonus
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Holiday buy and sell
• Pension
• Life Cover
• Employee Assistance Program
• Digital Benefits; Health, Wealth & Lifestyle

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see.
• Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach.
• Required occasionally to lift and/or move objects that are light to moderate.
• Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road).

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to work with moderate noise.
• Ability to work in an open planned office/individual office.
• Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods.
• Ability to sit in a car or on a plane for extended periods.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Celeros Flow Technology is an equal opportunity employer.