Project Manager in Shipley

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Teledyne Microwave UK (a business unit of Teledyne Aerospace & Defence Electronics UK) provide enabling technologies for industrial growth markets. We have evolved from a company that was primarily focused on aerospace and defence, to one that serves multiple markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. Here at Teledyne Microwave UK, our mission is to enable our customers to make the world safer, more secure and better connected. We are a world leader in the design, manufacture and support of radio frequency (RF) technology. With unrivalled RF & microwave application knowledge we have experience of creating innovative solutions for the most challenging applications.

At Teledyne, we believe that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion mean Opportunity – the opportunity to cherish and celebrate the value of diversity, to bring our full and authentic selves to work and to feel fully involved and respected – and we are committed to this journey. Occupational health and safety and environmental sustainability are also an integral part of our business strategy, and we believe in implementing environmental, health and safety improvements to continually enhance the working environment for staff, visitors and contractors.

We have an exciting opportunity for an established Project Manager to work within a Teledyne Defence business based in Shipley. Using proprietary technology, the business develops, supplies and services Microwave RF components and sub systems within a wide range of defence and security applications in a successful and growing market.

The Project Manager is a key role within a team driving delivery of high-profile complex projects. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate effective deployment of project management principles and have a history of successful delivery of new product development projects in an engineering environment. Strong leadership skills are needed to bring together a cross-functional team to deliver projects to time, cost, and quality objectives. Occasional travel may be required along with the need to be present for customer meetings.

Key responsibilities of the Project Manager include:

• Drive project delivery, meeting, or exceeding budgetary and time objectives.
• Ensure adherence to the new product development process, with deliverables, reviews and approvals completed to schedule.
• Project planning & resource management, creating and gaining stakeholder approval of the project plan.
• Maintain project budgets, with cost and revenue tracking and forecasting to project completion.
• Manage project uncertainty through risk planning, establishing appropriate risk mitigation plans and effective escalation.
• Maintaining effective relationships & communication with customers and key stakeholders.
• Champion improvements in project management and engineering development practices.

Essential Experience:

• Demonstrated project management experience of complex new product development from concept to launch.
• Management of risk and ambiguity, including the preparation and execution of contingency and mitigation plans.
• Experienced with high profile and demanding internal and external customers.
• A degree, HND or HNC in a technical field such as mechanical, electrical engineering or physics.

Beneficial Experience:

• A relevant professional project management qualification with at least 5 years professional experience.
• Knowledge of MRP & EPM tools.
• 3+ years of project management experience within the electronics, communications, or defence industries.
• Project definition and concept development, including bid preparation and business case development.
• Good IT skills (MS-Office suite, engineering applications).

We offer a range of benefits that include:

• Salary sacrifice-led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 7%.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Salary sacrifice Electric & Hybrid Vehicle car scheme.
• Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary.
• Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year.
• Comprehensive well-being programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental well-being.
• Bonus scheme.
• Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers.
• Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Enhanced family-friendly benefits.
• Company sick pay.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity.
• Local discounts and offers (e.g. gym).

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.