Engineering Project Manager in Gloucester

Competitive salary plus £4,800 car allowance, full family health care, potential 18% bonus & 27.5 days holiday (plus bank holidays). Permanent, Full time, 41 hrs, National.

At Royal Mail we’ve served our communities for over 500 years, helping to lead and transform the postal delivery market on a global scale. Our journey to improve never stops, and that’s where we need you. We’re currently innovating and transforming our business for the future, adapting towards a parcel delivery market, as well as taking environmental responsibility for our impact as a business. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people.

We are looking for an Engineering Project Manager to join our Programmes and Engineering Team. Interested? More details and how to apply can be found below.

About the Role

You will report into the Engineering Project Manager Lead and manage projects with a spend as high as £100 million. This is a senior role in the Systems Programmes strand of engineering. You will be responsible for technical contract and project management aspects of major automation programmes and change. You will take the lead on contractual components of an automation supply contract, providing technical oversight of the tender process for automation procurement and then providing technical supplier management in the delivery of the project.

This role needs to be fully mobile to work from whatever site is the most suitable, often in the Gloucester Manufacturing facility, but equally could be on any RM or supplier site in the UK or Northern Ireland. This role is primarily based on-site, as it involves close collaboration with the wider team. That said, there may be opportunities for occasional remote work, depending on the needs of the business and the nature of the work at the time.

You will also:

• Contribute to the Technical Contract and Project Management strand of the Design and Deployment team strategy.
• Manage Engineering Technical Managers to meet RM standards and project timescales.
• Manage the technical strand of a request for tender response including technical lead for the preferred supplier adjudication process through to contract award including the development and maintenance of key technical contract documentation for the provision of automation equipment (e.g. SoW, SoR).
• Lead on the delivery of the engineering elements of specific automation equipment contracts ensuring that the delivered system meets the contract requirements through an effective project management approach.
• Be responsible for supplier management for specific automation equipment contracts.

About You

To truly excel in this role, you will possess, and be able to evidence, the skills and experience listed below:

• Excellent knowledge of automated processes, equipment & machinery.
• Good knowledge of cost versus risk and change management theories to develop and deliver strategies and business models.
• Experience leading large scale projects end to end.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to effectively communicate and translate technical engineering knowledge to a wide range of audiences, including senior leadership, combined with the ability to build and develop a team and its individuals.
• Experience of producing technical contract documents for automation procurement.

Trust forms the foundation of everything we do in Royal Mail. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and build trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your interview, and we mean ‘your’ interview. We want to give you the opportunity to shine. To enable you to do this, we will provide you with your interview questions ahead of the interview taking place. This will allow you time to prepare, and ensure you have your best examples in mind. Royal Mail Group values both trust, and our people.

Royal Mail are proud of our diverse employee network groups and the active role they play to support belonging and encourage a positive work environment. We are firmly committed to inclusion and passionate about our people representing the communities we serve.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. Please share the details within your application if required.

We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

Closing Date: Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.