Celeros Flow Technology, LLC
Location
Glasgow | United Kingdom
Job description
Celeros Flow Technology, LLC
For over 140 years our products have helped ensure the safe, reliable operations of key industries. With a passion for precision and partnership, Celeros Flow Technology continues this heritage of high performance and dependability, providing mission critical, sustainable flow control solutions for our customers around the globe.
Celeros Flow Technology is looking for individuals with a voice and a vision. We embrace change, diversity and promote new ways of looking at old ideas. We seek talented professionals to join our world-class team of innovators in a global, collaborative & multi-cultural environment, where you will be challenged, supported, and inspired to be extraordinary.
GENERAL SUMMARY
This role is an essential member of the Clyde Union Pumps, Cathcart site leadership team and responsible for positively impacting the overall success of the business. The Head of Projects role provides leadership and accountability for the Celeros Cathcart project management function and has overall responsibility for all processes related to managing projects for the Cathcart site for the manufacturing of Engineered-to-Order (ETO) pumps, valves, and filters for complex power, oil & gas, nuclear and industrial markets.
This position's primary purpose is to manage the Cathcart project management team for all aspects of the delivery of projects for the Cathcart site from order intake to project closeout, ensuring appropriate gating, metrics and linkage during the quoting and award phases, with ultimate accountability for the successful execution of all projects. Has accountability for delivered (as-executed) margin vs. quoted (as-sold) margin. Explores opportunities to leverage all resources to reduce costs and optimize efficiencies.
The Head of Projects ensures all project phases are completed in a timely and cost-effective manner, meet the required quality standard, building strategic relationships with customers by meeting and exceeding their expectations, and serving as the team's main point of contact for escalation issues. The incumbent will work to successfully deliver Power & Energy projects in a manner that fulfills contractual and technical requirements, meets or exceeds customer expectations, and adheres to safety and ethical standards while achieving target margins and promoting the company’s reputation in the market.
The person in this role will create and lead with a culture of strong leadership, innovation, talent, and disciplined practices and processes. This leader will also develop and maintain a sustained and long-term continuous improvement and efficient organization that consistently produces improved results while motivating and retaining employees with high-performance standards.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide strategic vision and leadership for the Cathcart Project Management team's effective implementation of project management processes and initiatives
- Develop an annual strategic plan for project execution and estimating in alignment with the strategic plan of the business
- Drive flawless execution for the PM team and function across the pump, valve, and process filtration portfolio
- Clearly communicate agreed upon execution metric results to senior leadership
- Optimize competence to match present and future needs through training, coaching, and recruitment of high calibre talent
- Leverage partnerships and build a network of effective relationships, both internally and externally with business leaders and key customers.
- Responsible for attracting, developing, retaining, and rewarding talent across the team to ensure bench strength and succession.
- Monitor key supplier performance and address gaps with Supply Chain if required.
- Contract management with the interaction between all parties involved
- Financial responsibility to maintain the target margin of project, forecast revenues with full visibility and costs associated with projects, incl. POC and progress, develop payment schedules (cash flow plan)
- Change order and claims management
- Project risk management
- Travel to customer or internal meetings (offices, job sites, workshops)
- Responsible for managing projects in all countries in which Power & Energy, Cathcart does business
- Identify and support continuous Operational Excellence (OpEx) improvement initiatives
- Initiate and drive a successful Lessons Learned process to inform other projects and the proposal managers of new projects
- All duties as directed or modified.
Performance Metrics
- Customer satisfaction (internal & external)
- Expansion of project margins
- On-time delivery of milestones
- Accuracy of cost and revenue forecasting
- Meet the required quality standards
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Project Scope & Change Management: Defining and validating the project deliverables and work to produce them. Managing and responding to requests for changes to the project in a structured and controlled manner.
- Planning & Scheduling: Using information about activities and deliverables to determine the overall project duration, and when activities and events are scheduled to occur.
- Project Resource Management: Identifying, securing, and assigning resources to activities so that the project is delivered within scope, cost, and timescales.
- Budget and Cost Management: Ensuring budgets are estimated, agreed, tracked and managed properly throughout the lifecycle of the project
- Project Risk and Issue Management: Anticipating, identifying, assessing and addressing potential or actual events and items that may impact positively or negatively on project delivery or benefits realization.
- Project Quality Management: Project quality management is the discipline that is applied to ensure that both the project outputs and the processes by which the outputs are delivered meet the required stakeholder needs.
- Progress Monitoring and Reporting: Reviewing and reporting on all aspects of project progress through the timely and accurate collection, maintenance and dissemination of project information to stakeholders.
- Project Review and Evaluation: Conducting regular reviews to check project progress, evaluate achievement of project benefits and capture and disseminate lessons learned.
- Project Closure: Finalizing all project matters, including obtaining agreement to completion from the customer, handing back or redeploying project resources, archiving all project information, conducting final project reviews and sharing learning for future use.
- Program Management: Managing multiple projects concurrently, taking into account resource constraints, in order to achieve a common business goal.
- Project Health, Safety and Environmental Focus: Determining and applying Celeros and statutory standards and methods to minimize the likelihood of accidents, injuries and environmental impact, both during the project and during the operation of its deliverables.
- Contract Management: Managing the execution of contractual agreements with customers and suppliers to ensure we are compliant with the stated terms and conditions throughout the duration of the project.
Required Competencies
- Accountability for results
- Adopting standard tools and processes
- Being receptive and approachable
- Business and financial acumen
- Collaborating across boundaries
- Communicating for understanding
- Leading improvement and innovation
- Managing effective relationships
- Negotiation
- People development
- Problem-solving and decision making
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Required Education / Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management or related field
- Extensive and proven project and implementation management experience of large, complex projects across Engineering, Procurement and Construction / Commissioning
- Experience managing global teams of 50+ people
- Proven experience of using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/SAP) and project management tools
- MS Project - Expert preferred, proficient required
Preferred Education / Experience
- Certified Project Manager (PMI PMP or equivalent certification or education)
- Manufacturing of Engineer-to-Order (ETO) pumps, turbomachinery, or rotating equipment.
- Manufacturing of ETO valves, pressure vessels, or process filtration.
- Experience working on international projects is desirable
- Total Work Systems (TQM, Six Sigma, Lean, ISO)
- Engineering experience is an advantage
- Proficient in MS SharePoint
You must have valid right to work in the UK and be able to obtain Security Clearance to apply for this role.
BENEFITS
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities to develop
- Bonus
- 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Holiday buy and sell
- Pension
- Life Cover
- Employee Assistance Program
- Digital Benefits; Health, Wealth & Lifestyle
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Required daily to stand, sit, walk, talk, hear, and see (specific close vision abilities are required to perform computer work)
- Required occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl
- Required daily to use hands and fingers and arms to reach (to operate a computer and telephone)
- Required occasionally to lift and/or move objects that are light to moderate
- Required occasionally to travel (usually by air or road so may be required to sit for extended periods)
WORKING CONDITIONS
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to work with moderate noise (i.e. business office with computers, phone, and printers, etc.)
- Ability to work in an open planned office / individual office
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for extended periods
- Ability to sit in a car or on a plane for extended periods
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
CELEROS FLOW TECHNOLOGY VALUES
All Celeros divisions are committed to the effective use of the Celeros Values. It is important that all employees understand and utilize these values when performing the duties of his/her position.
INTEGRITY: We work safely and respect our employees, business partners & environment. We always lead by example.
SPEED: In our mission to bring mission-critical flow control equipment to the world, energy in our actions & urgency.
ACCOUNTABILITY: We stand behind our actions and deliver on our promises.
PARTNERSHIP: We collaborate across our teams & our customers to win together. We rely on each other to deliver the best outcome & celebrate successes.
EXCELLENCE: We are passionate about being the best at engineering, manufacturing & maintaining mission-critical equipment. We seek quality & community improvement in every interaction.
QUALITY
Quality encompasses all aspects of Celeros’ business, and every employee shares the responsibility to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process and the quality system. All employees have an obligation to identify and record any such nonconformity, and through designed channels, initiate and recommend solutions.
CELEROS Flow Technology is an equal opportunity employer.
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