Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Location: Arbroath, Scotland

Reports to: Project Management Director

We are seeking talented individuals to join our growing team!

CONVERGIX Automation Solutions leverages the strengths, experience, and capabilities of our existing businesses, along with new talent, to transform and grow into the ultimate automation solutions trusted partner,

capable of solving any industrial automation challenge.

Due to growth at Convergix Automation UK, we are looking for a highly organised, people focussed administrator to join our HR team. Your primary focus will be supporting with talent resourcing, interviewing and onboarding as we grow our team of highly technical personnel.

To Be Successful In This Role You Will

• Lead and deliver a variety of projects to customer satisfaction, on time delivery with a “beat the budget” mindset while managing and mentoring the project team resources
• Initiate and sustain project related documentation consistent with the Convergix Project workbook including Budget management, Labour forecasts, Risk Register, Schedule, Open Issues list, Change Management/ECO tracker, Lessons learned and Final acceptance testing.
• Maintain a detailed schedule (MS Project for complex jobs) with a clearly identified Critical Path, ensuring the customer and project team are aware of related constraints.
• Provide project leadership
• Liaising directly with customers to understand their needs (commercial and technical)
• Identify risk areas and generate a plan to mitigate them
• Provide regular reporting to senior management and customer
• Budget validation and control
• Control all project changes that impact scope, schedule, budget or FAT/SAT Acceptance testing by using Convergix tools and systems to log initial change requests from the Customer or the project team. After requests are logged, follow Convergix change management process to ensure proper resolution.
• Hold project close out meeting to identify areas that were successful, or areas which need improvement
  
  

Additional Information

Programme Management

• Define key project milestones
• Allocate sufficient resource to carry out the job
• Co-ordinate all internal project actions/departments
• Proactively ensure plan adherence by all participants
• Ensure customer is kept up to date with progress
• Ensure project plan and other documents are up to date
• Identify problems/issues in advance and plan resolution
  
  

Project Management

• Concept validation within budget
• Co-ordinate between all technical departments to ensure all aspects of the project are under control (design, software, electrical etc.)
• Ensure that the purchasing department is aware of the schedule and knows the target delivery dates
• Manage the build team (electrical & mechanical) ensuring milestones are visible and reachable
• Ensure quality standards are maintained for all aspects
• Ensure the work area is kept safe and tidy
• Ensure regular updates are given to the Convergix UK build team
• Lead machine debug and commissioning
• Identify material or resource shortages
• Schedule/supervise machine strip down, shipping and installation including on site management at customer premises
• Ensure completion of final actions/snag lists from customer
• Identify problems/issues in advance and plan resolution
  
  

What You’ll Bring To The Role

• Strong project management experience within a relevant industry
• Demonstrable evidence of successful project delivery on a multiple project and multi-disciplinary team basis
• Understanding of capital equipment engineering systems / automation
• Of degree calibre with a project management aptitude.
• Working knowledge and practical application of project management planning methodologies and tools preferred.
• Commercial awareness with contractual as well as project experience / knowledge
• Hunger for success, personal drive and motivation - a proactive can-do attitude.
• Communication skills with the ability to communicate at all levels, within the team, wider business and suppliers.
• Ability to organise, prioritise and maintain relevant information to support the business.
• Sound analytical skills, good problem solver.
• Organised and able to multi-task in a demanding environment, comfortable to operate under pressure, to lead and or be part of a team.
• Excellent customer service and relationship building skills.
• Creative ability to develop new ideas and implement improvements.
• Accustomed to operating effectively under pressure.
  
  

What We Expect From You

• A proactive can-do attitude.
• A positive and determined work ethic
• A professional approach
• A commitment to excellence in all that you do
• A team player, willing to continuously and proactively collaborate, share, and seek information and guidance
• Self-driven to make a significant contribution to maximising customer service
  
  

What does CONVERGIX Offer You?

Here at CONVERGIX, we offer a generous compensation and benefits package including:

• Company Pension
• Life Cover
• Income Protection
• Annual leave
  
  

About Convergix Automation Solutions

Convergix Automation Solutions designs, engineers and integrates hardware and software to automate its customers' operations. Convergix specializes in creative, custom solutions and serves customers in a broad range of industries. With over 900 employees and 19 locations worldwide, Convergix is a leading global diversified automation provider. Our vision is to become the ultimate trusted partner, capable of solving any industrial automation challenge with our passionate people, world-renowned processes and diverse experience.

Learn more about us: https://convergixautomation.com/

What does CONVERGIX value?

Our values are our foundational concepts on which we build CONVERGIX; we adhere to these no matter what mountain we climb.

• Integrity - Respect, Transparency, Commitment
• Excellence - Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Collaboration, Communication
• Passion - Momentum, Sense of Urgency, Growth, Success, Velocity
  
  

We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

CONVERGIX Automation Solutions has a programme in place that provides reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific adjustment because of a disability or a medical need, please contact Human Resources.