Project Delivery Manager

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, bearings, 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 Purpose:

• Lead and coordinate dedicated project teams in the delivery of SR1 projects, including sales, engineering, procurement, quality, Project/EPC, Customer/OEM, and others.
• Perform project risk evaluation throughout the entire project lifetime; identify issues jeopardizing a successful project completion at early stage, initiate corrective actions.
• Coordinate the resolution any technical or commercial conflicts which may arise at any stage.
• Act as John Crane single point of contact to support the customer for post-order activity through to project delivery. Coordinate any post-delivery issue resolution.
• Maintain communication channel with the client OEM/EPC organization.Responsibilities:

• Fulfilment of customer contracts (deadlines, costs, objectives) , 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 & effective communication with the regional Stakeholders to assure effective coordination.
• In conjunction with the local First Fit sales organization, regularly communicate with the involved EPC/OEM and keep constant and updated communication with their various senior level project management.
• Attending clarification / kick-off meetings etc., and prepare and distribute relevant activity reports
• Resolution of any conflict between the pre-engineered agreement and the contractor or OEM standard specification.
• Discussing and resolving any technical or commercial conflicts which may arise at any stage.
• 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 ensures that the project is completed in line with agreed customer schedule and to budget. Develop and execute solutions when issues arise that might jeopardize either of these objectives.
• Record project milestones and maintaining records of project correspondence and produce project close out summaries including cost analysis.
• Manage customer change requests to ensure optimal solution for successful project delivery.
• Lead frequent team calls to support project execution.
• Provide monthly reports on project status.
• Other project delivery initiative tasks as assigned.

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Degree educated in a technical discipline. Electrical, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering preferred.
• 10-13 years’ experience in Oil and Gas / Petrochemical projects business with at least 5 years working as a Project / Contract Manager.
• Ability to achieve the agreed goals & objectives through a constant focus on a set of priorities.
• Excellent communication, negotiation & presentation skills, both verbal and written.
• Commercially very astute with a proper understanding of basic finance.
• Strong facilitation skills, experience operating in a matrix environment to find solutions and compromises under time pressure.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft suite of products including MS Project. Preferred experience with Project Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Teamcenter).
• Must be able to read, interpret, and explain complex project specifications and drawings.
• Strong level of cultural awareness and capability to adopt behavior accordingly.
• Fluent in English.

Travel up to 15%.

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, Women@Work 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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