AFRC Senior Project Manager (597421)
University of Strathclyde
Location
Inchinnan, Renfrewshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Salary range: £45,585 - £56,021
FTE: 1
Term: Open-ended
Closing Date: 17 March 2024
Location: Inchinnan, Renfrew
The Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) is an industry centred facility, working in partnership with multi-national OEMs such as Rolls Royce and Boeing, as well as companies within the forging and forming supply chain such as Castings Technologies International and Sheffield Forgemasters. Known for building strong collaborative links with industry, government and the third sector to transform productivity and innovation throughout the forging and forming supply chain, the AFRC helps to de-risk manufacturing business investment and accelerate innovation by providing industry with access to modern equipment and expertise to support prototyping, testing and scale up to industrial production.
The main facility is located near Glasgow Airport with a satellite office in Sheffield to specifically enable companies within Yorkshire and the Midlands to actively and rapidly engage with our wide-ranging expertise.
The AFRC is part of the University of Strathclyde, a leading international technological university, and is one of the research centres aligned with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland.
The AFRC are seeking to recruit an experienced individual who will help deliver the AFRC’s R&D programme through the application of professional Project Management capability. You will be responsible for managing the larger AFRC R&D projects across their entire life cycle, working with the technical teams to ensure that work is properly scoped in the first instance and that projects are then delivered to meet cost, schedule, quality and safety objectives. You will lead the delivering of all current projects and increase the capability of the teams you work with through effective coaching and mentoring. Your job will include management of the customer relationship and appropriate reporting during the duration on the project. You may be managing multiple projects at any one time across different programmes within the AFRC.
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Salary
£45.59k - £56.02k per annum
