Project Manager
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Job Location:
Newark, DE - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Overview
Element has an opportunity for a Project Manager. This role is a key function in servicing our clients by ensuring flexibility and responsiveness to their demands delivering efficient and excellent performance. The Project Manager has daily responsibility to technically supervise testing operations and give clear technical guidance as necessary across a wide range of the laboratorys testing capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Responsibility for technical review of quotations
- Review the full work scope to ensure that it can be executed in a safe way and at a high quality standard and if necessary ensuring a risk assessment is available
- Establish work programmes for testing including planning and implementing test schedules
- Review technical standards and requirements and where appropriate write job specific test procedures liaise with clients on all matters technical and status related.
- Maintaining developing and improving process within the laboratory at all levels and in all areas.
- Provision of financial data relating to jobs under their control including accurate forecast of work to be completed
- Provide clear direction to the workshop /Technicians by means of cutting & worksheets or machining and test requests (MTRs) ensure successful completion of the client requirements within timescales
- Provide technical leadership to the project team with support from senior colleagues and Technical Specialists
- Arrange and supervise on-site witnessing by clients and representatives during testing
- Perform review and audit activities on jobs including technical contract review technical procedure review / audit job start readiness review and job close review
- Provide regular progress reports for the projects managed
- Report and present results closing projects and invoicing create and archive job packs for each project
- Carrying out internal audits and procedure/standard reviews as required
- Provide technical training and development of support to staff
- Client and site visits where required
- Any other duties commensurate with the role of Project Manager
Skills / Qualifications
- Analytical problem solving skills
- Highly organised
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail and strong written communication
- Adaptable and flexible in approach
- Experience working within an appropriate environment
- Ability to support the training of others to a high technical standard
- Familiarity with national and international testing standards
- Familiarity with a wide range of supporting software tools highly IT literate
- Working towards or member status of a relevant professional body
- Enough skills and knowledge to quicly gain procedure and report sign off status within the laboratory
- A formal qualification in an appropriate scientific discipline at degree level or above would be held preferably in Polymers
- Familiar with a wide range of laboratory techniques from wet chemistry to FTIR UV absorption atomic absorption spectroscopy NMR XRF gas/gas-liquid chromatography
- Familiar with a wide range of polymer properties thermal expansion thermal conductivity
- Familiar with a wide range of materials conversion techniques including injection moulding extrusion calendaring blow moulding cast and blow film.
- Familiar with a wide range of physical test methods including tensile flexural compression torsion modes
Diversity Statement
At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Construction Estimating
- Construction Experience
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- Contracts
About Company
We Are Element A global provider of Testing, Inspection and Certification services for a diverse range of materials and products in sectors where failure in service is not an option. As one of the leading providers of testing, inspection and certification services to many of the world ... View more
