Project Manager

Poole, England, United Kingdom

1/13/2025

Overview

IMI plc

We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone.

We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science and Fluid Control, and Transport.

Role Overview

This role is responsible for;

Planning element of the tender review. The post holder will be required to communicate with Subject Matter Expert’s & evaluate, as part of the tender review process, the technical and commercial elements of a sales enquiry to ascertain the necessity for projects involvement; producing project plans for contract/orders where they are the point of contact for both the business and customer.

Reviewing and controlling the sales handover processes.

Planning, monitoring and controlling orders from customer order receipt to delivery.

This is a critical role within IMI Thompson Valves and responsible for monitoring and ensuring the cost and schedules of projects are maintained within budget. They will ensure that each project is capable of delivering the businesses margin targets and that all stakeholders are aware of issues to be resolved to achieve on time delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Duties Will Include But Not Be Limited To

• Manage the evaluation of all technical and commercial elements of a sales enquiry and developing a project plan to meet customer demands.
• Produce proposals resulting from enquiries arising from the Sales team’s activities. This will include the following:
• Estimates of time required to undertake design and manufacturing of the solutions proposed.
• Taking a lead in identifying and managing risks throughout the quotation process and liaising with various other colleagues as required to perform risk mitigation tasks.
• Undertaking and producing reports on margin analysis against planned delivery.
• Occasionally accompanying the sales team or delivering proposal presentations and contract reviews at the customer’s site. This may include international travel.
• Ensure that the customer order/quotation have been reviewed for export compliance.
• Prioritise the activities in the defined pre-production route to the point of release to manufacture.
• Act as the customer interface for the duration of a project/order/contract giving the customer regular status reports (some contractual) or dealing with the customer on issues with the project/order/contract.
• Manage and aid resolution of technical enquiries with engineering support.
• Participate in customer visits/quality reviews to final product acceptance.
• Develop and maintain key account management relationship with the customers.
• Produce project plans, which are regularly updated and issued to the team involved in meeting the customer’s delivery schedule.
• Hold regular project meetings, taking the minutes and ensuring action are maintained, escalating if delivery is not maintained.
• Manage a robust process that tracks project margin throughout the project execution to ensure margins are maintained, and mitigation plans developed with functional leaders are delivered.
• Use the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) process to maintain project status and costs and support the production planning process.
• Maintain customer delivery status through liaison with elements of the business and communicate with customers as necessary.
• Develop a project progress report that details timeliness, margin status, cost to complete and risks. Reporting on a weekly basis status of projects to area leader.
• Perform other such duties commensurate with the nature and level of the post as may be reasonably required.
  
  

Critical Competencies for Success

• Qualified to HNC/bachelor’s degree level (or equivalent experience) in a related discipline. This academic knowledge may then have been applied in different roles including sales, projects, or design.
• Demonstrable experience in Project Management; Process Improvement; Technical Understanding; Documentation Skills; Supervision.
• Able to understand and read engineering drawings.
• Previous experience of evaluating estimates, proposals, bids or tenders for a precision engineering company or similar.
• Effective communication skills with a particular emphasis on building engagement, influencing and presentation skills.
• Demonstrable experience developing relationships to generate new and future business.
• Ability to demonstrate good commercial acumen, overseeing production specific proposals and client relationships.
• Demonstrable desire to progress and succeed.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Competent in IT including Microsoft packages and experience in using an ERP system.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Excellent time management
• Proactive approach to continuous improvement
• Willing to travel both nationally and internationally (if required).
  
  

Desirable Criteria

• Ideally hold APM PMQ or equivalent.
• Knowledge of CAD/CAM Design and analysis, Manufacturing Methods and Procedures.
• Excellent technical expertise with experience of production processes and product quality requirements including welding, NDT and component manufacture.
• Experience and use of LEAN tools and methodologies.
  
  

IMI is an inclusive employer; diversity is very important to us, and we want to receive applications from people from all backgrounds