Project Lead in Renfrew

For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe. Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Leading the Projects team, the primary role of the Projects Lead along with being part of the leadership team is to act as the first line management, accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the team. This includes but not limited to, people management of the team when allocating daily tasks, managing performance and development issues, workflow, as well as meticulously always maintaining standards and KPI’s. As the team is small, other duties will be to plan and progress the various contracts through the functional areas to meet or exceed its stated goals of maintaining required margin, 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 within Hillington Drive positive KPI results, ensuring you hold true to our values including always doing the right thing.
• Take a positive approach to coaching, developing and performance managing the 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, under direct control, 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 Commercial, Engineering, Quality, Procurement, Manufacturing and Shipping to drive milestone adherence, i.e., meet the delivery plan.
• Functional owner of any aspects of Trade Compliance as part of Hillington team.
• Arrange and support key customer visits and witness activities for projects under direct control.
• Create and maintain high level plan for specific contracts where required.
• Work with functional areas to resolve issues relating to delivery plan adherence. (Escalate where appropriate)
• 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 the 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 in an effective and positive manner, driving positive engagement & motivation across the team.
• Creating a trusted relationship with your people.
• Understand what your people value and where possible support them in achieving this (this includes understanding the various responsibilities and interests your people balance inside and outside of work).
• Having open and honest coaching conversations to help your people to identify their strengths and development areas.
• Supporting your people’s personal aspirations and objectives in a way that’s aligned to the objectives of the team.
• Where appropriate, helping your people broaden their network or identify more challenging or stretching roles or projects to support their career progression.
• With support and guidance 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 the health and wellbeing support available and proactively offering appropriate advice and following up on this.
• 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, through regular conversations, tracking progress against objectives and managing any performance issues.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong focus on driving the customer delivery plan.
• Strong interpersonal skills and knowing when to use them and with whom; this will include managing conflict; setting standards and being assertive enough with Team Members and Peers.
• The role demands excellent communication skills, both written and oral, across all levels within the company and to external customers.
• It is important that the role holder has strong knowledge of SAP and Excel as this will be used daily.
• Possess good numeracy skills and have a high level of attention to detail.
• Understanding high level planning, scheduling and project management are required.
• Proven track record in building effective teams and has the assertiveness and drive to ensure that their team meets our goals and 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 (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work).
• Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl.
• Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone).
• Required occasionally to lift and/or move objects that are light to moderate.
• Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road so may be required to sit for extended periods).

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 (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, etc.).
• 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.

CELEROS FLOW TECHNOLOGY VALUES

All Celeros divisions are committed to the effective use of the Celeros Values. It is important that all employees understand and utilize these values when performing the duties of his/her position.

• INTEGRITY: We work safely and respect our employees, business partners & environment. We always lead by example.
• SPEED: In our mission to bring mission-critical flow control equipment to the world, energy in our actions & urgency.
• ACCOUNTABILITY: We stand behind our actions and deliver on our promises.
• PARTNERSHIP: We collaborate across our teams & our customers to win together. We rely on each other to deliver the best outcome & celebrate successes.
• EXCELLENCE: We are passionate about being the best at engineering, manufacturing & maintaining mission-critical equipment. We seek quality & community improvement in every interaction.

QUALITY

Quality encompasses all aspects of Celeros’ business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system. All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions.

CELEROS Flow Technology is an equal opportunity employer.