Project Manager - PMO

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

Job Description

Job Purpose:

• Lead and coordinate dedicated project teams in the delivery of projects, including sales, engineering, procurement, quality, Projects/EPC KAMs, Customers/OEMs, and others.
• Perform project risk evaluation throughout the entire project lifetime; identify issues jeopardizing a successful project completion at an early stage and initiate corrective actions.
• Coordinate the resolution of any technical or commercial conflicts which may arise at any stage.
• Act as John Crane's single point of contact to support the customer for post-order activity through to project delivery. Coordinate any post-delivery issue resolution.
• Maintain communication channels with the client.

Responsibilities:

• Fulfilment of customer contracts (deadlines, costs, objectives) and monitor project budgets closely.
• Creating and maintaining detailed execution schedules for each of the major projects that are your portfolio.
• Agreeing communication channels with the customer in relation to the different Project aspects.
• Managing timely and effective communication with the regional Stakeholders to ensure effective coordination.
• Regularly communicate with the involved parties and keep constant and updated communication with their various senior-level project management.
• Attending clarification/kick-off meetings and preparing and distributing relevant activity reports.
• Work with global and local procurement to ensure that any pre-procurement of long lead items is performed, inventory is maintained and managed, suppliers are performing to expectations, etc.
• In conjunction with manufacturing operations, ensure the project is completed per the agreed customer schedule and budget. Develop and execute solutions when issues arise that might jeopardize either of these objectives.
• Record project milestones, maintain records of project correspondence, and produce project close-out summaries, including cost analysis.
• Support on Coordinating customer change requests to ensure optimal solutions for successful project delivery.
• Lead frequent team calls to support project execution.
• Provide monthly reports on project status.
• Manage quality incidents through eQMS and work closely with assigned incident managers to close the incidents in time and ensure RCA/8Ds are available where applicable.
• Support process streamlining activities, ISO IQMs compliance, and support SES initiatives.
• Other project delivery initiative tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Degree educated in a technical discipline. Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering preferred.
• Minimum 10 years experience in Project management, preferably in Oil and Gas / Petrochemical projects business.
• Must be able to read, interpret, and explain complex project specifications.
• Ability to achieve the agreed goals & objectives by constantly focusing on a set of priorities.
• Excellent communication, negotiation & presentation skills, both verbal and written.
• Proper understanding of basic finance.
• Strong facilitation skills and experience in operating in a matrix environment and adept at swiftly reaching solutions and building consensus under tight deadlines.
• A PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or a comparable credential is preferred, showcasing a solid foundation in project management methodologies and practices.
• Experience and knowledge in process improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma are preferred, highlighting a commitment to efficiency and continuous project optimization.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft suite of products, including MS Project. Preferred experience with Project Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Teamcenter).
• Strong level of cultural awareness and capability to adapt behavior accordingly.
• Fluent in English.
• Travel up to 15%.

Planning and Decision Making:

• Ability to make quick decisions regarding complex project issues, reducing risk to John Crane and the customer.
• Develop specific project plans to ensure successful delivery.
• Empower project team members to make quick decisions to keep projects on track.

Impact and Scope:

• Critical project delivery role influencing the success of strategic, global projects.
• Working with all regions, internal and external customers. 

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, View email address on jobs.smartrecruiters.com Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.

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