AddressQuest Global is an organization at the forefront of innovation and one of the world’s fastest growing engineering services firms with deep domain knowledge and recognized expertise in the top OEMs across seven industries. We are a twenty-five-year-old company on a journey to becoming a centenary one, driven by aspiration, hunger and humility.
We are looking for humble geniuses, who believe that engineering has the potential to make the impossible, possible; innovators, who are not only inspired by technology and innovation, but also perpetually driven to design, develop, and test as a trusted partner for Fortune 500 customers.
As a team of remarkably diverse engineers, we recognize that what we are really engineering is a brighter future for us all. If you want to contribute to meaningful work and be part of an organization that truly believes when you win, we all win, and when you fail, we all learn, then we’re eager to hear from you.
The achievers and courageous challenge-crushers we seek, have the following characteristics and skills:
Job Description Summary
The NPI Project Manager (PM) will be responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of New Product Introduction projects through to industrialization. The NPI-PM will become a key interface to manage internal stakeholders within HVDC portfolio. The incumbent must have a combination of skills including an ability to ask penetrating questions, detect unstated assumptions and resolve conflicts, as well as more general management and leadership skills.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Manage integrated project teams, including sub-contractors, to deliver projects on time, on cost and to quality.
- Provide leadership and technical direction to the team to meet project and departmental specific objectives ·
- Responsible to define the project work breakdown structure (WBS), detail delivery plan, resources and skill levels required to meet the delivery timescales.
- Responsible to implement the NPI gated governance process within assigned project.
- Hold regular team project status reviews for individual projects. Update project metrics. Refocus teams as necessary to ensure project requirements are met.
- Maintain an overview of all assigned projects and communicate status with Management.
- Hold project gate reviews in line with project timing and NPI process requirements and meet all deliverables on time.
- The incumbent will be the conduit to communicate with all stakeholders, liaison and reporting of project status, issues, and actions.
- Participate in corrective action requests, root cause analysis, problem-solving teams as related to issues affecting the project.
- Is the 'voice of the customer' for all their projects
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electrical / Electronics)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Proven skills in managing and leading team with strong technical background
- Project management experience within a related product technology/engineering development environment.
- Experienced in product / process development, verification and validation techniques and tools
- Practical knowledge of change management, problem solving and Agile project management.
- The person is results driven and demonstrates a sense of urgency for meeting deliverables.
- Effectively works with changing priorities and follows up on tasks and assignments
- Holds the project team and oneself accountable for achieving the results expected by stakeholders and customers
- Has a clear understanding of customer needs and expectations and seeks improvements in customer service
- Proactively responds to stakeholders in a timely manner
- Strong Leadership attributes
- Strong 'can do' attitude and work ethic
- An organised and process driven work approach.
Desired Skills:
- Good communication in English (oral & written) & Interpersonal skills
- Customer focus - ability to build and develop customer & supplier relationships
- Organisational agility
- Problem solving ability
- Logical thinking
- Effective time management
- Results driven outlook
DISCLAIMER: Due to the nature of work candidates should be UK citizen/ EU Citizen/ Valid work permit holder. For further information contact us on: career_uk@quest-global.com
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