Project Manager

Project Manager - Hauts-de-France - 12-Month Contract

Our client, a global (bio)pharmaceutical manufacturing organisation, is recruiting for a Project Manager to join them on their new expansion project.

Based in a charming French location, this is on a contractual basis, and will involve significantly growing the sites capacity for the manufacture of Biologics.

Key Duties and Responsibilities :

• Accountable for meeting key project deliverables for safety, financial management, schedule management and scope management across these projects.
• Accountable for ensuring projects are compliant with good engineering practices, company policies, regulations and codes.
• Liaise with Global Engineering / Global EHS / Global Procurement to ensure all are aligned and support project deliverables.
• Concept and Business Case development in collaboration with project Sponsor and End user, working with the end user to understand and clarify end user requirements, develop scope, cost and budget estimates and present to governance for approval
• Leading & supporting project teams through complex and significant projects
• Support and Mentor Junior / Intermediate PMs within the Projects Group.
• Financial management - develop project budgets, obtain approvals for and adhere to project scope. Negotiate with contractors and suppliers to keep project within budget.

Make cash flow projections. Make effective use of SAP and budgeting tools.

Manage project prioritisation and spend to meet budgetary targets

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required :

• A degree in Chemical / Mechanical / Automation / Process Engineering with relevant experience in the pharmaceutical industry
• Minimum of 5- 8 years project management experience across the project life cycle within a pharmaceutical environment.
• Demonstrable capacity to effectively manage and execute projects from initiation to completion : Full project lifecycle experience from end-to-end design through to C&Q and handover.

Understands the project management process; programming, scope development, design development, implementation, and project closeout.

• Demonstrable experience of managing a diverse team of engineering professionals / contractors etc. to deliver projects safely, on time and within budget.
• Solid background of planning and managing engineering projects with a demonstrated record of on time performance.
• Experience managing the overall financial performance of engineering projects, including cash flow, life cycle costs, business opportunities and risks, both at a project and at a portfolio level

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!

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