NPI Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager

Location: Near Woking, Surrey
Salary: £40,000 per annum
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm with flexible start and finish times
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Syntech Recruitment are supporting a well-established engineering and manufacturing business near Woking with the appointment of an experienced Engineering Project Manager.

This is a hands-on project management role focused on taking new product development and introduction projects from initial concept through to manufacturing and production launch. You'll act as the central point between Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality and other departments, ensuring projects remain on track and key actions are delivered.

You don't need to be an engineer or an NPI specialist. We're looking for someone with strong project management experience gained within an engineering, manufacturing or product development environment, who understands how different departments come together to successfully deliver a new product.

Benefits

£40,000 starting salary

Additional production-related bonus

Flexible start and finish times

24 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Duties and Responsibilities

Manage multiple engineering and new product projects simultaneously

Develop and maintain project plans covering milestones, deliverables, resources, dependencies and timescales

Drive projects from initial concept through development, prototype, manufacturing and production launch

Coordinate activities across Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Quality, Sales and Product Management

Lead project meetings and ensure actions are assigned, tracked and completed

Identify risks, delays, resource constraints and dependencies before they impact delivery

Chase actions and deliverables across departments to keep projects moving

Coordinate project stage-gate reviews and maintain accurate documentation

Provide clear project progress, risk and milestone reporting to senior management

Support BOM, prototype testing, verification and product approval activities

Skills and Experience

Previous project management experience within engineering, manufacturing or product development

Experience managing multiple projects and priorities simultaneously

Good understanding of manufacturing processes and how products progress from development into production

Strong project planning skills, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths and deadlines

Confident coordinating different departments and working with senior stakeholders

Experience using project management software, Gantt charts or similar planning tools

Understanding of manufacturing supply chains and purchasing processes

NPI, NPD or stage-gate project experience would be advantageous but is not essential

PRINCE2 or another recognised project management qualification would be advantageous

Wrike experience would be beneficial but isn't essential

The successful candidate will need to be a confident communicator who can manage competing priorities, bring different departments together and ensure actions are followed through. The hiring manager is open to candidates without direct NPI experience where they can demonstrate strong transferable engineering or manufacturing project management experience.

Application Process

If you have project management experience within an engineering, manufacturing or product development environment and want to take ownership of projects from concept through to production, we'd like to hear from you.

Application Process:
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