Job Purpose

An excellent opportunity for a PROJECT MANAGER to join a well-established, exciting and growing Lithium-ion space business. The company designs, manufacturers and qualifies batteries for international space missions on satellites, launchers, and interplanetary vehicles.  The company’s customers include both national and international space agencies like NASA and European Space Agency as well as working across the commercial market supporting missions that include Earth observation, internet of things satellite constellations and global positioning systems.  The position is based in the Culham Science Centre near Abingdon in Oxfordshire and is a job that can truly impact people across the globe. 

The Project Manager is responsible for managing the full project lifecycle; from supporting bids and proposals, through to the delivery of the qualified product to the customer. This involves both financial accountability and schedule adherence throughout all project phases; timely completion of all work packages and the effective closeout of all project milestones, always ensuring customer satisfaction. This role supports design and development, manufacturing and testing phases, with additional considerations on both short-term and long-term strategies. Maintaining strong customer relationships is key to this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor and execute structured project plans (within MS Project) to ensure effective resource management and the timely progression of project schedules
• Manage all phases of the project life cycle including scoping, planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects
• Update project tasks and functional resource requirements, through weekly project review team meetings.
• Conduct variance analysis to understand root causes, establish remedial actions and recommend process improvements
• Manage project risks through formal Risk Registers, define mitigation plans where risks can’t be accepted
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope as well as changes to the project plan and status reports.
• Tracks and controls schedule and associated costs to achieve completion within project timelines and budgets.
• Ensure the timely completion and effective configuration management of all project documentation and data-packs.
• Prepare for, administer and document project meetings, including formal MoMs
• Provide direction and support to each project team
• Serve as primary point of contact for external and internal project teams
• Analyze project lessons learned to determine future improvements.
• Minimizes EnerSys' exposure and risk on project

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Masters or Technical Degree (Desirable)
• 5+ Years of Project Management / Program Management / IT Management / Technical Management experience (Desirable)
• 3 Years of ERP or packaged software implementation experience (Desirable)
• Project APM, PMI or equivalent certification / relevant experience preferred.
• Ability to drive project teams for a common goal
• Strong analytical skills and reasoning ability required.
• Strong knowledge/experience with multiple IT applications, technology, and database platforms
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications including MS Project

Experience

• Experience with Project Lifecycle Management.
• Experience within a high quality, complex, product development and manufacturing environment.
• Experience of managing project costs including budgeting and reporting.
• Experience of managing Multi-discipline Teams.
• Experience of chairing Gate Reviews.
• Experience of working with customers, forming and maintaining strong working relationships.
• Solution oriented critical thinking.
• Experience on Space or aerospace industry (desirable)

General Job Requirements