Tooling Project Manager

Tooling Project Manager

Location: Broughton, Lancashire
Salary: £50k - £60k pa + Benefits
Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Tooling Project Manager - Benefits include:

Company Pension scheme
Private Medical Insurance
Life Assurance
23 days Holiday, plus Bank holidays - Increasing to 25 days (Pro rata)
Employee Assistance Programmes
Benefit Hub discounts

Sonovision's engineering teams work alongside the largest global OEMs to provide industry-specific design and manufacture services. We apply our expertise and innovation to the entire tool life-cycle from needs analysis and conception through critical design stages to serial manufacture.

Our current service portfolio is current being expanded to include large site specific programmes and we are recruiting a tooling manager to implement and drive the programme.

Tooling Project Manager - Roles and Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the Tooling Project Manager has the following roles and responsibilities across multiple aligned programmes.

Project Management:

Onsite presence at customer site(s), driving engagement and expediting programme delivery
Development and maintenance of process and methodology including but not limited to Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)
Performance Monitoring
Responsibility for tooling P&L
Responsibility for budget setting and monitoring
Weekly and Monthly reporting to internal and external stakeholders
Scheduling at a programmatic level, coordinating inputs from Design and Manufacture functions
Commercial and Technical responsibility for Request for Quotations (RFQ) and Call for Tenders (CFT) in response to customer requests
Strategic implementation of innovation for both Design and Manufacturing streams
Resourcing and load management for entire project team
Risk management for entire programme including assessment and actions
Responsibility for the performance of the tooling programme team including Performance Reviews, Skills Management, training and mentoring
Team motivation

Manufacturing:

Direct responsibility of Manufacturing Engineer
Oversight and responsibility for Approved suppliers and their performance
Strategic responsibility for developing manufacturing Supply Chain
Drive manufacturing innovation through the implementation new methods and process

Design:

Direct responsibility of Design Engineer(s)
Oversight and responsibility for the design process, tools and infrastructure

Liaison:

Liaison with internal and external stakeholders are varying levels of business in commercial, procurement, design and manufacture domains.
Onsite presence at customer sites and primary Point of Contact (POC) for contracts.

HSE:

Preparation of Risk Reviews for all onsite activity for company personnel
Maintenance of HSE plans and Policy
Internal training of HSE aspects to all relevant company personnel

Quality and performance:

Interface with and support transnational quality function
Support onsite and offsite validation exercises

Tooling Project Manager - The right candidate will have the following experience:

Experience of project management of large programmes including commercial, financial, resources and technical aspects
Minimum of degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
Demonstrable experience in the aeronautical / aerospace domain
Working knowledge of design and manufacturing principles, technologies and supply chains
Experience of working with Tooling equipment (both design and manufacture) a distinct advantage.

Please note this vacancy is only available to those who have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and who have lived in the UK for the last 5+ years continuously. All employees are required to undergo pre-employment screening and must be able to satisfy clearance criteria for UK Security Vetting to SC Level.

If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience to be successful within this role, click APPLY' today, forwarding a recent copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.

No agencies please.

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